Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 162

162 Power to exclude or divert traffic

(1) Where the Coordinator-General is satisfied that the proper performance of the Coordinator-General’s functions or exercise of the Coordinator-General’s powers requires it, the Coordinator-General may—

(a) temporarily exclude from any road, bridge, bridge approaches or any part thereof, all traffic or traffic of a type nominated by the Coordinator-General; or

(b) temporarily divert all traffic, or traffic of a type nominated by the Coordinator-General, upon any road, bridge or bridge approaches.

(2) Wherever it is practicable, notice of intention to exercise a power conferred by subsection (1) shall be given by advertisement published in a newspaper that circulates in the locality concerned.

(3) A person shall not fail to comply with a direction given or notice erected in the exercise of a power conferred by this section.