Local Government (Highways) Act 1982

For the purpose of providing a place for the sale of goods and for entertainment, the corporation may – after giving– at least 10 days' written notice of its intention to do so to the Transport Commission and the Commissioner of Police and after consulting the Transport Commission and the Commissioner of Police; and at least 5 days' notice of its intention to do so in a local newspaper circulating in the municipality– close part of a local highway on a Saturday or a statutory holiday, or Sunday for not more than 12 hours; and subject to subsection (2), enter into occupation of, and exercise all the rights of an owner over, the part so closed, and in particular but without limiting the generality of this paragraph – give persons written permission to occupy portions of that part at such times, for such purposes, and on such conditions as it thinks fit; and charge for giving such a permission; provide and use or hire stalls, stands, pens, signs, fences, and other structures; and by resolution of the council, empower officers of the corporation to take any action required for the purposes of this section or to control the part so closed.

Anything done by the corporation under subsection (1) in relation to the part of a local highway closed by it under that subsection is not invalidated by reason of the failure of the corporation to comply with paragraph (a) of that subsection.

The corporation shall give to frontagers on the part of a local highway closed under subsection (1) reasonable means of access to their lands and those frontagers may use those means of access for themselves, visitors, and persons doing anything on those lands and for vehicles and machinery that the frontagers require to enter or leave their lands.