3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  *[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by 8 Geo. VI No. 4, s. 3 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by 9 Geo. VI No. 27, s. 2 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 22 of 1951, s. 2 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 101 of 1957, s. 2 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 71 of 1967, s. 2 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 30 of 1977, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 84 of 1984, s. 4 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 35 of 1985, s. 4 and s. 25 and Sched. 1 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 30 of 1995, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

construction, in relation to a road, includes –

(a) the reconstruction or realignment of the road;

(b) the bringing of the road to a higher standard;

(c) investigation and associated engineering studies in connection with –

(i) the construction, reconstruction, or realignment of the road;

(ii) the bringing of the road to a higher standard; or

(iii) the planning of alternative routes for the road;

(d) the acquisition of land for the purpose of –

(i) constructing, reconstructing, or realigning the road; or

(ii) bringing the road to a higher standard; and

(e) the doing of any other thing in relation to a matter specified in paragraph (a) or (b) –

but does not include the maintenance of the road;

country road means a road not being or forming portion of a State highway or subsidiary road, but does not include a street in any town;

Crown lands contract means a contract made under the or a corresponding previous enactment;