Traffic Act 1925
49AInstallation of road humps
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49A Installation of road humps
[Section 49A Inserted by No. 41 of 1987, s. 11 ][Section 49A Substituted by No. 32 of 2018, s. 6, Applied:10 Dec 2018]
(1) In this section –
road authority means a person, body corporate or body politic responsible for designing, constructing, maintaining or managing roads;
road hump means a section of raised pavement constructed or placed in or on, and across or partly across, a road to restrict the speed of vehicles along that road.
(2) The Commission may issue written directions in relation to road humps, or proposed road humps, on public streets.
(3) A direction referred to in subsection (2) may be issued to the following:
(a) a road authority;
(b) any other person or class of persons.
(4) A road authority or person to whom a direction under subsection (2) is issued must comply with that direction.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.