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ROADS AMENDMENT (LANE COVE TUNNEL FILTRATION) BILL 2007





                           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




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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         (1)   This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act       10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




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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




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