Roads Regulation 2018
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79 Road events
79 Road events
(1) For the Act, Dictionary, definition of road event, each of the following activities is prescribed—
(a) a filming project within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993, and an activity ancillary to or connected with the filming project,
(b) an activity if—
(i) the activity is a neighbourhood activity, and
(ii) the residential address of the applicant for the road event permit is on or near the road on which the road event will be conducted.
(2) In this clause—
ineligible event means an event that—
(a) occurs on a road on which bus services or light rail services operate, or
(b) results in restricted access to a railway station or a light rail station, or
(c) occurs within 60m of traffic lights on a road controlled by those lights, or
(d) is subject to authorisation under the Summary Offences Act 1988, Part 4.
neighbourhood activity means a non-commercial event, including a local gathering or social activity, for which traffic may be regulated by temporary road closure and that is—
(a) on an unclassified road, and
(b) not an ineligible event.
cl 79: Subst 2022 (815), sec 3. Am 2023 (681), Sch 1[1] [2].