TASIn ForceAct
Roads and Jetties Act 1935
16BProhibition of traffic likely to cause damage
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 16B
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Roads and Jetties Act 1935.
### 16B Prohibition of traffic likely to cause damage
> [*\[Section 16B Inserted by No. 65 of 2002, s. 4, Applied:19 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-19/act-2002-065#GS4@EN)
>
> > (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)](#GS16B@Gs2@EN) , 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.