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Roads Act 1993
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#### 7 Roads authorities
7 Roads authorities
> > (1) TfNSW is the roads authority for all freeways.
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> > (2) The Minister administering the [Crown Land Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-058) is the roads authority for all Crown roads.
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> > (3) The regulations may declare that a specified public authority is the roads authority for a specified public road, or for all public roads within a specified area, other than any freeway or Crown road.
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> > (4) The council of a local government area is the roads authority for all public roads within the area, other than—
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> > > (a) any freeway or Crown road, and
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> > > (b) any public road for which some other public authority is declared by the regulations to be the roads authority.
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> > (5) A roads authority has such functions as are conferred on it by or under this or any other Act or law.
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> **s 7:** Am 2011 No 41, Sch 5.50 \[1\]; 2017 No 17, Sch 3.2 \[2\].