Objects of Act
3 Objects of Act
The objects of this Act are—
to set out the rights of members of the public to pass along public roads, and
to set out the rights of persons who own land adjoining a public road to have access to the public road, and
to establish the procedures for the opening and closing of a public road, and
to provide for the classification of roads, and
to provide for the declaration of TfNSW and other public authorities as roads authorities for both classified and unclassified roads, and
to confer certain functions (in particular, the function of carrying out road work) on TfNSW and on other roads authorities, and
to provide for the distribution of the functions conferred by this Act between TfNSW and other roads authorities, and
to regulate the carrying out of various activities on public roads.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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