Care, control and management of roads
271 Care, control and management of roads
(1) Subject to this section, all roads within a council area are under the care, control and management of the council.
(2) After consulting with a council, the Minister may, by Gazette notice, withdraw a road from the care, control and management of the council and place it under the care control and management of the Territory.
(3) Subject to any contrary agreement between the council and the Minister, if a road is vested in the council, a notice under subsection (2) divests the road from the council and vests it in the Territory.
(4) If a council has the care, control and management of a road that is vested in someone else, then, subject to any contrary agreement between the council and the owner, the powers of the council to care, control and manage the road are exclusive of those of the owner.
(5) While a road remains under the care, control and management of a council, the following belongs to the council:
all vegetation growing on the road;
(b) anything erected on, or affixed to, the road except infrastructure or equipment belonging to the Commonwealth or the Territory or a statutory authority of the Commonwealth or the Territory.
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