Highways Act 1926

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—

authorised person means a person authorised by the Minister or a project authority to exercise the powers of an authorised person under this Part;

authorised project means—

the

Port River Expressway Project; or

any other project declared by the Governor to be an authorised project for the purposes of this Part;

emergency vehicle means—

a vehicle used by—

a member of the police force; or

a person who is an emergency worker as defined by regulation under the

Road

Traffic Act 1961;

or

any other vehicle of a kind declared by regulation to be an emergency vehicle;

government agency means—

the

Commissioner; or

the

Chief Executive of any department or administrative unit of the

Public Service; or

an agency or instrumentality of the Crown;

operator of a vehicle means—

the driver of the vehicle; or

a person registered under the law of this State, another State or the

Commonwealth as operator of the vehicle; or

a person who directs or controls the operation of the vehicle;

owner of a vehicle means—

a person in whom ownership of the vehicle is vested at law or in equity; or

a person who is registered under the law of this State, another State or the Commonwealth as the owner of the vehicle; or

a person who has possession of the vehicle under a contract of hire or bailment;

project means a project involving any one or more of the following elements:

designing or planning transport infrastructure;

establishing, extending or improving transport infrastructure (including the acquisition of land and other property for the purpose);

maintaining and repairing transport infrastructure;

operating transport infrastructure;

financing the establishment, extension, improvement, maintenance, repair or operation of transport infrastructure, and a project may include incidental elements, such as the relocation of residents or businesses displaced by the acquisition of land for the purposes of the project;

project agreement means an agreement to which a project authority is a party for implementing an authorised project or any part of an authorised project;

project authority means a government agency to which responsibility for carrying out an authorised project or a particular part or aspect of an authorised project is assigned under this Part;

project description—see section 39B(5);

project participant means—

a project authority; or

a party to a project agreement who is, under the terms of the agreement, to carry out work for the implementation of an authorised project; or

any other person identified in a project description as a participant in an authorised project;

project property means—

property of the Crown that is to be used for the purposes of an authorised project; or

property acquired by or for the Crown for the purposes of an authorised project;

State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern

Territory;

traffic control device means a traffic control device within the meaning of the Road

Traffic Act 1961;

transport infrastructure means infrastructure enabling or facilitating the transport of freight or passengers;

Examples—

1 A highway or road (and associated structures and equipment).

2 A railway, tramway or busway (and associated structures and equipment).

3 A bridge or overpass (and associated structures and equipment).

vehicle means a vehicle designed or adapted for the carriage of freight or persons.

Examples—

1 A bicycle, motorcycle, car, bus, truck or semi-trailer.

2 Rolling stock (whether self-propelled or not) for use on a railway or tramway.