(1) The Commissioner of Police shall have regard to the information furnished in any application made under section 81B and any other information available to it in relation to the proposed event and may ¾

(a) subject to subsection (2), make an order directing the road to be closed; or

(b) refuse to make an order directing the road to be closed.

(2) The Commissioner of Police shall not make an order for a road closure unless ¾

(a) the Commissioner of Police is satisfied that the prescribed conditions relating to an application for a road closure have been met;

(b) the approval of the local government of each district within which the road is situated has been obtained; and

(c) where the road is vested in the Commissioner of Main Roads, the approval of the Commissioner has been obtained.

(3) An order made by the Commissioner of Police shall be subject to such conditions and limitations as are specified by the Commissioner of Police.

(4) A copy of an order made by the Commissioner of Police shall be forwarded to ¾

(a) the applicant for the order;

(b) the local government of each district within which the road concerned is situated; and

(c) where a road to which the order relates is vested in the Commissioner of Main Roads, the Commissioner of Main Roads.

[Section 81C inserted by No. 64 of 1988 s.4; amended by No. 14 of 1996 s.4; No. 76 of 1996 s.20(2).]