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New South Wales Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel Filtration) Bill 2007 Contents Page 1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Amendment of Roads Act 1993 No 33 2 4 Repeal of Act 2 Schedule 1 Amendment 3 b2007-066-24.d11 New South Wales Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel Filtration) Bill 2007 No , 2007 A Bill for An Act to amend the Roads Act 1993 to require pollution filtration equipment to be installed and maintained that will remove particulate matter and toxic gases from air in the Lane Cove Tunnel and air exiting the tunnel. Clause 1 Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel Filtration) Bill 2007 The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1 1 Name of Act 2 This Act is the Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel Filtration) 3 Act 2007. 4 2 Commencement 5 This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 6 3 Amendment of Roads Act 1993 No 33 7 The Roads Act 1993 is amended as set out in Schedule 1. 8 4 Repeal of Act 9 (1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act 10 commences. 11 (2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 12 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act. 13 Page 2 Roads Amendment (Lane Cove Tunnel Filtration) Bill 2007 Amendment Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendment 1 (Section 3) 2 Section 161A 3 Insert after section 161: 4 161A RTA to reduce road tunnel air pollution 5 (1) Immediately after the commencement of this section, the RTA 6 must install filtration equipment that removes particulate matter 7 and toxic gases from air in the Lane Cove Tunnel and air exiting 8 the tunnel. 9 (2) The RTA must maintain the filtration equipment after its 10 installation. 11 (3) Without limiting the generality of subsections (1) and (2), the 12 RTA must, in complying with those subsections, ensure that the 13 concentration of particulate matter leaving the Lane Cove Tunnel 14 (through the stacks or portals) does not exceed the average daily 15 ambient background concentration of particulate matter for that 16 area (as determined by the relevant air quality standards), except 17 where air quality in the area is affected by a bush fire. 18 (4) Any money needed to allow the RTA to exercise its functions 19 under this section is to be provided out of money to be 20 appropriated by Parliament or that is otherwise legally available. 21 Page 3
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