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State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
sec.165Duty to take care at worksites and power to prevent traffic
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### sec.165 Duty to take care at worksites and power to prevent traffic
During the progress of works undertaken by the Coordinator-General the Coordinator-General—
shall take proper precautions against accident and to prevent injury to land adjoining the site of the works or to buildings and structures on such land; and
shall cause the site of the works to be adequately lighted and guarded during the hours of darkness; and
may cause such barricades to be erected across or in any road as the Coordinator-General thinks fit and thereby prevent the passage of traffic.
A person shall not take down, remove or alter the position of any barricade erected by or on behalf of the Coordinator-General or extinguish or move any light placed by the Coordinator-General or on his or her behalf save under the authority of the Coordinator-General.
s 165 amd 2001 No. 46 s 30 (2) sch 2
(sec.165-ssec.1) During the progress of works undertaken by the Coordinator-General the Coordinator-General— shall take proper precautions against accident and to prevent injury to land adjoining the site of the works or to buildings and structures on such land; and shall cause the site of the works to be adequately lighted and guarded during the hours of darkness; and may cause such barricades to be erected across or in any road as the Coordinator-General thinks fit and thereby prevent the passage of traffic.
(sec.165-ssec.2) A person shall not take down, remove or alter the position of any barricade erected by or on behalf of the Coordinator-General or extinguish or move any light placed by the Coordinator-General or on his or her behalf save under the authority of the Coordinator-General.
- (a) shall take proper precautions against accident and to prevent injury to land adjoining the site of the works or to buildings and structures on such land; and
- (b) shall cause the site of the works to be adequately lighted and guarded during the hours of darkness; and
- (c) may cause such barricades to be erected across or in any road as the Coordinator-General thinks fit and thereby prevent the passage of traffic.