South Australian Current Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 18

18—Direction as to installation etc of traffic control devices

        (1)         The Minister may direct a road authority to install, maintain, alter, operate or remove a traffic control device on, above or near a road in accordance with the direction of the Minister.

        (5)         The road authority to which a direction is given under this section is obliged to comply with the direction.

        (6)         If a road authority fails to comply with a direction under this section, the Minister may direct—

            (a)         the Commissioner of Highways; or

            (b)         the council for the area in which the work is to be carried out,

to carry out the direction with which the road authority has failed to comply.

        (7)         Subject to subsection (8), the Commissioner of Highways or a council may recover, as a debt due from the defaulting road authority, any expenses incurred in carrying out a direction under subsection (6).

        (8)         The Commissioner or the council is not entitled to recover under subsection (7) any amount that is to be borne by the Commissioner or the council, as the case may be, in accordance with this Part.