Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MAIN ROADS ACT 1930 - SECT 15

15 .         Property in and control of highways and main roads

        (1)         The absolute property in the land over which a highway or main road is declared shall vest in the Crown.

        (2)         The Commissioner shall have the care, control and management of the land over which a highway or main road is declared.

        (3)         The property in —

            (a)         the materials of all highways and main roads, and all live and dead timber and vegetation thereon, and all matters and things appurtenant thereto; and

            (b)         all buildings, fences, gates, posts, boards, stones, erections, and structures placed upon any highway or main road; and

            (c)         the scrapings of any highway or main road and all gravel, sand, and other material on any highway or main road,

                shall vest in the Commissioner.

        [Section 15 inserted by No. 35 of 1972 s. 3; amended by No. 96 of 1975 s. 12.]