16BProhibition of traffic likely to cause damage

16B Prohibition of traffic likely to cause damage

[Section 16B Inserted by No. 65 of 2002, s. 4, Applied:19 Dec 2002]

(1)  Where it appears to the Minister that traffic of a particular kind is likely to injure seriously a State highway or subsidiary road, the Minister may, by causing signs to be placed in accordance with subsection (2) , prohibit the use of that highway or road by traffic of that kind.

(2)  The signs must be posted conspicuously on or near to the State highway or subsidiary road to which they relate.

(3)  At least 30 days before imposing a prohibition under this section, the Minister must, except in an emergency, also publish notice of the prohibition, indicating its effect –

(a) in a local newspaper circulating in the locality in which the State highway or subsidiary road is situated; and

(b) in a newspaper circulating generally in Tasmania; and

(c) in such other manner as the Minister thinks fit.