Roads Act 1993 No. 33. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision New South Wales Document type Legislation Date 1993 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes. Subject Food & nutrition, Land & soil Keyword Business/industry/corporations Institution Vending Abandoned land/unoccupied land Liability/compensation Enforcement/compliance Drainage/land reclamation Inspection Land-use planning Public land Urban land Transport/storage Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes 1st July 1993. Abstract The Act is organised in 16 Parts and 2 Schedules. The objects of this Act are (a) to set out the rights of members of the public to pass along public roads, and (b) to set out the rights of persons who own land adjoining a public road to have access to the public road, and (c) to establish the procedures for the opening and closing of a public road, and (d) to provide for the classification of roads, and (e) to provide for the declaration of TfNSW (TfNSW is the roads authority for all freeways) and other public authorities as roads authorities for both classified and unclassified roads, and (f) to confer certain functions (in particular, the function of carrying out road work) on TfNSW and on other roads authorities, and (g) to provide for the distribution of the functions conferred by this Act between TfNSW and other roads authorities, and (h) to regulate the carrying out of various activities on public roads. Full text English Website legislation.nsw.gov.au