AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ROADS AND PUBLIC PLACES REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 5 of 1956

	Section 9 of the Roads and Public Places Ordinance empowers the Minister to issue a permit to open up the surface of a public place upon payment of the prescribed fee.

	When permits are issued under this section it is necessary for the Commonwealth to restore the surface to ensure that it is done properly.

	The fees provided by these regulations are to cover the cost of restoration.