Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MAIN ROADS ACT 1930 - SECT 27A

27A .         Roads that are not highways, main roads or secondary roads, Commissioner’s powers as to

        (1)         The Commissioner may construct roads or parts of roads for the development of an area or for any other purpose, and any such road need not be declared to be a highway, a main road or a secondary road.

        (2)         Before commencing the construction of any road pursuant to this section, the Commissioner shall consult with the local government and when that road, or any part thereof, has been constructed or any work executed thereon, that road or part shall be the responsibility of the local government of the district in which it is situated and shall be maintained by that local government.

        (3)         The Commissioner and officers acting under this Act shall have the same powers with regard to roads under this section as are by this Act conferred on them regarding highways and main roads, and the provisions of this Act regarding highways and main roads shall, as far as practicable, apply mutatis mutandis to any such roads.

        [Section 27A inserted by No. 96 of 1975 s. 25; amended by No. 10 of 1996 s. 20; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 19 of 2010 s. 44(2).]