Roads (General) Regulation 2000
Repealed version for 12 October 2007 to 2 June 2008 (accessed 19 May 2013 at 18:51)
Part 3Division 3

Division 3 Miscellaneous

31   Application of sections 101 and 102 and Division 3 of Part 9 of the Act

(1)  The following provisions of the Act apply to and in respect of a tollway under the control and management of the RTA in the same way as they apply to and in respect of a public road:
(a)  section 101 (restoration of public road following excavation etc),
(b)  section 102 (liability for damage to public road),
(c)  Division 3 of Part 9 (which regulates the erection of structures and the carrying out of works on public roads),
(d)  such other provisions of the Act as are ancillary to the operation of the provisions referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
(2)  In their application to and in respect of a tollway:
(a)  a reference in those provisions to a public road is taken to be a reference to the tollway, and
(b)  a reference in those provisions to a roads authority is taken to be a reference to the RTA.

32   Directions by authorised officers

(1)  An authorised officer may give directions with respect to:
(a)  the regulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic on a tollway, and
(b)  the safety of a tollway and of persons and property on the tollway.
(2)  A person must not contravene a lawful direction given to the person under this clause.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

33   Directions by notice

(1)  The RTA may display notices containing directions with respect to:
(a)  the regulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic on a tollway, or
(b)  the safety of a tollway and of persons and property on the tollway.
(2)  Such a notice does not have effect unless:
(a)  it is prominently displayed on or in the vicinity of that part of the tollway to which it is intended to apply, and
(b)  the directions contained in it are clearly legible to those persons to whom it is intended to apply.
(3)  A person must not contravene a lawful direction contained in a notice displayed in accordance with this clause.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

34   Exemptions

This Part does not apply to:
(a)  a police officer, or
(b)  an authorised officer,
in the exercise of a function as a police officer or authorised officer.

34A   Application of Part to Sydney Harbour Tunnel

This Part (except clause 31) applies to and in respect of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a tollway, and so applies as if a toll or charge for using the Sydney Harbour Tunnel were a toll or charge for using a tollway.

35   Application of Part to Sydney Harbour Bridge

This Part (except clause 31) applies to and in respect of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a tollway, and so applies as if a toll or charge for using the Sydney Harbour Bridge were a toll or charge for using a tollway.

35A   Exempt vehicles

The following vehicles are exempt from liability to pay a toll:
(a)  in the case of the Sydney Harbour Bridge or the Sydney Harbour Tunnel—a class of vehicle described in Item 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 1 to any order from time to time in force under section 215 of the Act,
(b)  in the case of any tollway declared to be a tollway by an order in force under section 52 of the Act—marked police vehicles, unmarked police vehicles displaying a flashing light or sounding an alarm, fire brigade vehicles and ambulances.
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