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