Victorian Numbered Regulations

ROAD MANAGEMENT (WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE) REGULATIONS 2005 (SR NO 62 OF 2005) - REG 4

In these Regulations—

"agent" , in relation to a utility, a responsible road authority, the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board or the Country Fire Authority, means a person authorised in writing by the utility, Authority, Board or Authority to conduct works on its behalf;

"driveway works" means the installation, maintenance or repair of a physical means of entry or exit for vehicles from adjoining land to a roadway;

"minor works" means—

        (a)     works consisting of—

              (i)     the installation, repair or maintenance of aerial cables or other overhead non-road infrastructure; or

              (ii)     the connection of a consumer to a service provided by, or intended to be provided by, a utility—

other than supply extension works;

        (b)     works consisting of the repair or maintenance of street lighting;

        (c)     works consisting of the excavation of—

              (i)     any part of a road other than a roadway, pathway or shoulder; or

              (ii)     an area of a roadway, pathway or shoulder not exceeding 8·5 square metres;

        (d)     works consisting of using an access hole for the purpose of accessing, repairing or maintaining infrastructure under a road;

        (e)     works consisting of the installation, repair or maintenance of traffic control items carried out in accordance with the Road Safety Act 1986 and the regulations made under that Act;

        (f)     works consisting of—

              (i)     the repair or maintenance of poles; or

              (ii)     the replacement of a single pole in an urban area (not being part of a replacement of 2 or more consecutive poles); or

              (iii)     the replacement or relocation of not more than 3 poles in an area other than an urban area (not being part of a replacement or relocation of more than 3 consecutive poles);

        (g)     works consisting of the pruning of a tree or other vegetation;

        (h)     works consisting of the removing of a tree or other vegetation—

              (i)     by a road authority or an agent of a road authority; or

              (ii)     by a utility or an agent of a utility in accordance with an Act other than the Road Management Act 2004 ;

              (i)     works, other than works referred to above, conducted for the purpose of repair, inspection, operation or testing of an asset or for the purposes of a survey—

but does not include works that consist of, or include, the excavation of an area of a roadway, pathway or shoulder that exceeds 8·5 square metres;

"supply extension works" means the connection of a consumer to a service provided, or intended to be provided, by a utility—

        (a)     in an urban area by means of—

              (i)     underground works over a distance exceeding 100 metres; or

              (ii)     overhead works involving the installation of more than one additional pole;

        (b)     in any other area, by means of—

              (i)     underground works over a distance exceeding 300 metres; or

              (ii)     overhead works involving the installation of more than 3 additional poles;

"traffic impact works" means works—

        (a)     conducted—

              (i)     on a freeway; or

              (ii)     on an arterial road and that require the deviation of vehicular traffic into an on-coming traffic lane; or

              (iii)     in a clearway when it is in operation; or

              (iv)     on, or partly on, or that affect, a bridge or other structure; or

        (b)     that require the closure to vehicular traffic of a part of a roadway for a continuous period of more than 12 hours or for more than 24 hours in 7 days; or

        (c)     that have a significant impact on road safety, traffic or other infrastructure.

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