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South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009
sec.53BEWhat is a road and a State-controlled road
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### sec.53BE What is a road and a State-controlled road
A road is any of the following other than to the extent it is, or includes, a public thoroughfare easement—
an area of land dedicated to public use as a road;
an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as 1 of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles;
a bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel or viaduct;
a pedestrian or bicycle path;
a part of an area, bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel, viaduct or path mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) .
A State-controlled road is a road or land, or part of a road or land, declared under the Transport Infrastructure Act , section 24 to be a State-controlled road.
s 53BE ins 2010 No. 20 s 9
(sec.53BE-ssec.1) A road is any of the following other than to the extent it is, or includes, a public thoroughfare easement— an area of land dedicated to public use as a road; an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as 1 of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles; a bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel or viaduct; a pedestrian or bicycle path; a part of an area, bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel, viaduct or path mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) .
(sec.53BE-ssec.2) A State-controlled road is a road or land, or part of a road or land, declared under the Transport Infrastructure Act , section 24 to be a State-controlled road.
- (a) an area of land dedicated to public use as a road;
- (b) an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as 1 of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles;
- (c) a bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel or viaduct;
- (d) a pedestrian or bicycle path;
- (e) a part of an area, bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel, viaduct or path mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) .