Government Roading Powers Act 1989

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Government Roading Powers Act 1989

Public Act		1989 No 75
Date of assent		28 September 1989
Commencement		see section 1(2)

Act name: replaced, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

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The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Transport.

	Title [Repealed]
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Interpretation
3	Act to bind the Crown
3A	Act is land transport Act
	Part 1A Transfund New Zealand [Repealed]
3A	Constitution of Transfund New Zealand [Repealed]
3B	Principal objective of Board [Repealed]
3C	Functions and powers of Board [Repealed]
3D	Functions and powers of Board in relation to alternative forms of transport [Repealed]
3E	Board to have powers of natural person [Repealed]
3F	Board to comply with policy directions [Repealed]
3G	Use of words Transfund New Zealand [Repealed]
3H	Board to consider delegating or contracting out functions and powers [Repealed]
3I	Delegation of Board’s functions or powers to employees of Board [Repealed]
3J	Delegation of Board’s functions or powers to persons outside Board [Repealed]
	Part 1 Transfund and Transit [Repealed]
	Overview [Repealed]
4	Overview [Repealed]
	Governance [Repealed]
5	Transfund [Repealed]
6	Transit [Repealed]
7	Functions, duties, and powers [Repealed]
7A	Authority to have powers of natural person [Repealed]
7B	Completion of performance agreements by Board and Authority [Repealed]
7C	Authority to consider delegating or contracting out functions and powers [Repealed]
7D	Delegation of Authority’s functions or powers to employees of Authority [Repealed]
7E	Delegation of Authority’s functions or powers to persons outside Authority [Repealed]
	Land transport funding [Repealed]
8	Funding system [Repealed]
	Part 2 Funding of capital projects and outputs [Repealed]
	Land transport funding [Repealed]
9	Payment of roading revenue to Crown Bank Account [Repealed]
10	Crown’s authority to incur certain land transport expenditure [Repealed]
11	Payment of roading revenue into Crown Bank Account [Repealed]
12	Payment of roading revenue from Crown Bank Account [Repealed]
	National Roads Account [Repealed]
13	Board to operate National Roads Account [Repealed]
14	Management and investment of National Roads Account [Repealed]
15	Payments from National Roads Account [Repealed]
16	Payments by Board [Repealed]
17	Board may approve outputs and capital projects [Repealed]
18	Approved projects to form part of national roading programme [Repealed]
	Payments from National Roads Account to Authority [Repealed]
19	Payments to Authority [Repealed]
20	Authority to operate State Highways Account [Repealed]
20A	Special provisions relating to minor and ancillary road works, and in-house professional services [Repealed]
21	Management and investment of State Highways Account [Repealed]
21A	Recovery of incorrect payments [Repealed]
22	Payments from State Highways Account [Repealed]
	Payments from National Roads Account to local authorities [Repealed]
23	Payments to local authorities [Repealed]
24	Local authorities to operate Land Transport Disbursement Accounts [Repealed]
	Restrictions on payments from State Highways Account and Land Transport Disbursement Accounts [Repealed]
25	Interpretation [Repealed]
26	Competitive pricing procedure [Repealed]
27	Expenditure subject to competitive pricing procedure [Repealed]
27A	Regional land transport committees [Repealed]
28	Special provisions relating to in-house professional services [Repealed]
29	Special provisions relating to minor and ancillary works during 1997 and 1998 [Repealed]
30	Certain payments for minor and ancillary works deemed to comply with section 27 [Repealed]
31	Information to be provided by local authority in respect of certain payments [Repealed]
32	Determinations by Minister [Repealed]
33	Board may reduce payments in certain cases [Repealed]
34	Board may require certain information from Authority and local authorities [Repealed]
35	Payments may be conditional on projects being carried out to satisfactory standard [Repealed]
36	Certain payments prohibited [Repealed]
	Part 3 Safety (administration) and roading programmes [Repealed]
	Safety (administration) programme [Repealed]
37	Safety (administration) programme [Repealed]
38	Approval of safety (administration) programme [Repealed]
39	Agencies to adhere to safety (administration) programme [Repealed]
40	Secretary to make safety (administration) programme available to public [Repealed]
41	Secretary may submit supplementary safety (administration) programme [Repealed]
42	Minister may approve supplementary safety (administration) programme [Repealed]
	National roading programme [Repealed]
42A	National roading programme [Repealed]
42B	Agencies to adhere to national roading programme [Repealed]
42C	Board to make national roading programme available to public [Repealed]
	State highways, regional, and district roading programmes [Repealed]
42D	State highways programme [Repealed]
42E	Consultation concerning State highways programme [Repealed]
42F	Regional programmes [Repealed]
42G	Consultation concerning regional programmes [Repealed]
42H	District roading programmes [Repealed]
42I	Consultation concerning district roading programmes [Repealed]
42J	Provision of information [Repealed]
42K	Needs of transport disadvantaged to be considered [Repealed]
42L	Maori interests to be considered [Repealed]
	Miscellaneous provisions [Repealed]
42M	Agreements regarding passenger transport operations [Repealed]
42N	Reports on projects and programmes [Repealed]
	Part 4 Roading
43	Interpretation
	Roads
44	Certain roads vested in Crown
45	Provisions relating to construction of motorways to apply to roads constructed pursuant to middle line [Repealed]
46	Minister may make roads and declare Government or district roads
47	Roads in areas where no territorial authority exists, etc
48	Powers of Minister over roads under Minister’s control
49	Powers of Minister in regard to swing gates and cattle stops on roads
50	Owner or occupier of land not to cause damage to bridge by removal of stone, etc
51	Penalties for damage to roads, bridges, etc
52	Notice to be given of local authority works
53	Poles, etc, on roads to be adjacent to boundaries
54	Removal of roadside structures
55	Removal of trees, hedges, etc, that obscure visibility or interfere with public work
56	Service of notice
57	Emergency work on trees, etc
	Access ways and service lanes
58	Minister may construct access ways and service lanes
59	Control and management may be vested in territorial authority
	State highways
60	Authority may declare State highways [Repealed]
61	Powers and duties of Agency in relation to State highways
61A	Controlling authority may grant lease, etc, of certain land
62	Delegation of powers and duties to territorial authorities
63	Delegations
64	Territorial authority may surrender delegated powers and duties
65	Agency may require territorial authority to relinquish property in State highway
66	State highway policy to remain with Agency
67	Whole cost of construction and maintenance of State highways to be paid out of State Highways Account [Repealed]
68	Provision of other facilities
69	Classification of State highways and roads
70	Bylaws
	Motorways
71	Governor-General may authorise and declare motorways
72	Middle line procedures [Repealed]
73	Power to construct motorways
74	Land may be temporarily occupied
75	Compensation where road interfered with or wholly closed
76	Access to land cut off from road or separated by motorway
77	Alterations to roads, drains, etc
78	Restrictions on poles, etc, on motorways
78A	Response to requests for access to motorway
79	Availability for traffic
80	Maintenance and control of motorways
81	Cost of motorways
82	Restrictions on use of motorways
83	Vehicles which may be operated on motorways
84	Restrictions on access to motorways
85	Motorway deemed to be road
86	Application of Impounding Act 1955
87	Offences and penalties
87A	Auckland Harbour Bridge
87B	Auckland Harbour Bridge to be properly lighted
87C	Installation of services on Auckland Harbour Bridge
	Limited access roads
88	Creation and revocation of limited access roads
89	Provisions of Acts relating to roads to apply to limited access roads
90	Access to and from land
91	Authorisation of crossing places
92	Restricting movement to or from limited access road
93	Limited access road not a road for certain purposes
94	Requirements relating to declaration of limited access road
95	Certificate of land affected to be forwarded to Registrar-General of Land
96	Administration of limited access roads
97	Offences
98	Compensation
	Part 5 Excise duty [Repealed]
99	Interpretation [Repealed]
100	Apportionment of excise duty [Repealed]
100A	Apportionment of excise duty after 30 June 1992 [Repealed]
101	Refund of excise duty [Repealed]
102	Procedure for obtaining refund [Repealed]
103	Amount of excise duty and refunds may be altered by Order in Council [Repealed]
	Part 6 Miscellaneous provisions
104	Special purpose roads [Repealed]
104A	Grants from Infrastructure Auckland [Repealed]
105	Public availability of documents
106	Power of Agency to direct roading work
107	Application of Act to Chatham Islands
108	Supply of information
109	Penalty for breach of bylaws
110	Regulations
111	Abolition of National Roads Board and Urban Transport Council, etc
112	Matters pending to lapse
113	Transitional provision in respect of loans by Urban Transport Council or National Roads Board
114	Transitional financial provisions [Repealed]
115	Regional advisory committees [Repealed]
116	Repeals, savings, and consequential amendments
117	Confirmation of Order in Council fixing refunds of excise duty
	Schedule 1A Provisions relating to Transfund New Zealand [Repealed]
	Schedule 1 Provisions relating to Transit New Zealand [Repealed]
	Schedule 1B Matters to be included in performance agreement [Repealed]
	Schedule 2 [Repealed]
	Schedule 3 Enactments repealed
	Schedule 4 Enactments amended
	Notes

Title [Repealed]

Title: repealed, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

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