Roads Act 1993
139Nature of consent
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139 Nature of consent
139 Nature of consent
(1) A consent under this Division—
(a) may be granted on the roads authority’s initiative or on the application of any person, and
(b) may be granted generally or for a particular case, and
(c) may relate to a specific structure, work or tree or to structures, works or trees of a specified class, and
(c1) in relation to integrated development within the meaning of section 91 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, is subject to Division 5 of Part 4 of that Act, and
(d) may be granted on such conditions as the appropriate roads authority thinks fit.
(2) In particular, a consent under this Division with respect to the construction of a utility service in, on or over a public road may require the service to be located—
(a) in such position as may be indicated in that regard in a plan of subdivision or other plan registered in the office of the Registrar-General with respect to the road, or
(b) in such other position as the roads authority may direct.
(3) In particular, a consent under this Division with respect to the erection of a structure may be granted subject to a condition that permits or prohibits the use of the structure for a specified purpose or purposes.
s 139: Am 1994 No 44, Sch 19; 1996 No 8, Sch 1 (3); 1997 No 152, Sch 4.34 [3]; 1998 No 54, Sch 2.30.