Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts (1) Subject to and for the purposes of this Act,
the Company and all persons authorized by it may—
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(a) open and break up the soil and pavement of any public or private street road or bridge; and
(b) temporarily stop the traffic on any such street road or bridge.
(2) The Company shall not (except in cases of emergency) open or break up any street road or bridge or stop any traffic thereon without giving at least three days' notice in writing to the local authority or person having the control or management thereof.
(3) When the Company has opened or broken up any street road or bridge the Company shall—
(a) with all convenient speed and to the satisfaction of the local authority or person aforesaid restore the portion so opened or broken up to as good condition as before it was opened or broken up and remove all surplus material;
(b) cause the place where the street road or bridge is broken up to be fenced and to the properly lighted and guarded during the night so as to prevent accidents; and
(c) bear or pay all reasonable expenses of the repair of the street road or bridge for six months after the same is restored so far as those expenses have been increased by such opening or breaking up.