Roads Act 1993
55Separate classifications etc of different lengths, lanes and levels of roads
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55 Separate classifications etc of different lengths, lanes and levels of roads
55 Separate classifications etc of different lengths, lanes and levels of roads
(1) The whole of a road, or part only of the length or width of a road or a single level only of a road, may be classified under this Division.
(2) Different lengths and widths and different levels of the same road may be differently classified under this Division.
(3) The same length or width of public road may have more than one classification under this Division.
(4) A road that is not a public road does not become a public road merely because it is classified under this Division.
(5) Subsection (4) does not limit any provision of this Act whereby a private road that is classified under this Division is, for certain purposes, taken to be a public road.
s 55: Am 1999 No 29, Sch 1 [7] [8].