s 18 Level crossings over public roads other than carriageways
18.—(1) If a railway crosses any highway other than a public carriageway on the level, the railway administration shall make where necessary, and at all times maintain, convenient ascents and descents and other convenient approaches with handrails or other fences, and, if the highway is a footway, good and sufficient gates or stiles on each side of the railway where the highway communicates therewith. (2) The manager shall be judge of the necessity in the case of a railway administered by the Government, and the Land Transport Authority in the case of a railway administered by a company.[4/99] (3) Any railway company which fails to comply with this section shall forfeit to the Government a sum of $100 for every day during which the default continues.