South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts9—Completion of works and re-instalment of road
(1) When the promoters
have opened or broken up any portion of any road they shall be under the
following further obligations, namely—
(a) they
shall with all convenient speed, and in all cases within four weeks at the
most (unless the road authority otherwise consents in writing), complete the
work on account of which they opened or broke up the same, and (subject to the
formation, maintenance, or renewal of the tramway) fill in the ground and make
good the surface, and, to the satisfaction of the road authority, restore the
portion of the road to as good condition as that in which it was before it was
opened or broken up, and clear away all surplus paving or metalling material
or rubbish occasioned by the work to such spot in the road district wherein
any such road shall be situated as the road authorities shall direct;
(b) they
shall in the meantime cause the place where the road is opened or broken up to
be fenced and watched, and to be properly lighted at night;
(c) they
shall bear or pay all reasonable expenses of the repair of the road for six
months after the same is restored as far as those expenses are increased by
the opening or breaking up.
(2) If the promoters
fail to comply in any respect with the provisions of the present section, they
shall for every such offence (without prejudice to the enforcement of specific
performance of the requirements of this or the special Act or to any other
remedy against them) be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty dollars, and
to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for each day during which any
such failure continues after the first day on which such penalty is incurred.