South Australian Current Regulations

ROADS (OPENING AND CLOSING) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 6

6—Public notice of proposed road process

        (1)         For the purposes of section 10 of the Act, public notice of a proposed road process must be given in accordance with this regulation.

        (2)         The notice of a proposed road process must—

            (a)         describe, with reasonable particularity, the nature of the proposal; and

            (b)         specify, by means of a clear and accurate diagram, or other description determined by the Surveyor-General, the land subject to the proposed road process; and

            (c)         where the proposed road process is or includes a road closure—specify the manner in which it is intended to deal with each part of the land that is subject to the closure; and

            (d)         state the address of an office of the council and the times at which the preliminary plan and statement prepared by the council in accordance with section 9 of the Act are available for examination by the public and indicate that the plan and statement are also available for inspection on request at the Adelaide office of the Surveyor-General during normal office hours; and

            (e)         state that any person who objects to the proposal may lodge a written objection for the consideration of the relevant authority at a meeting of the authority, and indicate—

                  (i)         the time within which such an objection must be made; and

                  (ii)         where the objection should be lodged; and

                  (iii)         the information that the objection should contain; and

            (f)         if the proposed road process is or includes a road closure—state that an adjoining landowner or other person substantially affected by the closure who wishes to apply for an easement over any part of the land subject to the closure may do so in accordance with these regulations, and indicate—

                  (i)         the time within which such an application must be made; and

                  (ii)         where the application should be lodged; and

                  (iii)         the information that the application should contain.

        (3)         The notice must be published in the Gazette and—

            (a)         on a website determined by the Minister; or

            (b)         in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the area in which the proposed road process is to be undertaken.