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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 99A

Conduct of works or activities on a highway

    (1)     This section applies to any person conducting, or proposing to conduct on a highway

        (a)     any works within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Road Management Act 2004 ; or

        (b)     any non-road activity within the meaning of section 99B.

S. 99A(2) amended by No. 41/2020 s. 49.

    (2)     A person to whom this section applies must ensure that the works or non-road activities are conducted in a manner that is safe for road users and persons engaged in carrying out the works or non-road activities.

Penalty:         In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.

S. 99A(3) amended by No. 24/2005 s. 13.

    (3)     Without limiting subsection (2), a person to whom this section applies contravenes that subsection if the person fails to do any of the following—

        (a)     have in operation a traffic management plan;

        (b)     give appropriate warnings to road users;

        (c)     engage appropriately trained and qualified persons to carry out the works or manage the non-road activities or direct traffic;

        (d)     give appropriate directions to the persons engaged in carrying out the works or non-road activities.

    (4)     A traffic management plan must—

        (a)     comply with the prescribed requirements; and

        (b)     be prepared in accordance with any requirements of the coordinating road authority under the Road Management Act 2004 .

    (5)     The Minister administering the Road Management Act 2004 may issue a Code of Practice in accordance with that Act for the purposes of this section.

S. 99B inserted by No. 12/2004 s. 141.



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