Road Safety (Drivers) and (General) Amendment (Motor Cycle Graduated Licensing System) Regulations 2014
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PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1
1 Objective 1
2 Authorising provision 1
3 Commencement 2
PART 2—AMENDMENTS TO THE ROAD SAFETY (DRIVERS)
REGULATIONS 2009 3
4 Restrictions affecting certain motor cycle riders 3
5 Towing of vehicles by P1 probationary drivers 4
6 Amendment of Schedule 2—codes used to indicate driver licence
or learner permit subject to conditions 5
7 Amendment of Schedule 3—demerit points 5
PART 3—AMENDMENTS TO THE ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL)
REGULATIONS 2009 6
8 Amendment of Schedule 7—traffic infringements 6
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STATUTORY RULES 2014
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Road Safety Act 1986
Road Safety (Drivers) and (General) Amendment
(Motor Cycle Graduated Licensing System)
Regulations 2014
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 23 September 2014
Responsible Minister:
TERRY MULDER
Minister for Roads
YVETTE CARISBROOKE
Clerk of the Executive Council
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to amend the
Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009 and the
Road Safety (General) Regulations 2009 to
provide further restrictions and offences relating
to the graduated licensing system for motor cycle
riders.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 95 of
the Road Safety Act 1986.
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3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
1 October 2014.
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PART 2—AMENDMENTS TO THE ROAD SAFETY
(DRIVERS) REGULATIONS 2009
4 Restrictions affecting certain motor cycle riders
(1) In regulation 58(1) of the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009 1 , after "12 months" insert
"(where the licence was issued before 1 October
2014)".
(2) After regulation 58(1) of the Road Safety
(Drivers) Regulations 2009 insert—
"(1A) A person who has held a motor cycle licence
for a period of less than 3 years (where the
licence was issued on or after 1 October
2014) must not—
(a) drive a motor cycle other than a learner
approved motor cycle; or
(b) drive a motor cycle on which there is a
pillion passenger; or
(c) drive a motor cycle unless the
headlights of the motor cycle are on at
all times.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.".
(3) In regulation 58(2) of the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009—
(a) in paragraph (b), for "passenger." substitute
"passenger; or";
(b) after paragraph (b) insert—
"(c) drive a motor cycle unless the
headlights of the motor cycle are on at
all times; or
(d) drive a motor cycle unless the driver is
wearing an approved high visibility
vest or jacket that is visible and is
securely fitted and fastened.".
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(4) In regulation 58(4) of the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009 for "Subregulations (1)(a) and
(2)(a)" substitute "Subregulations (1)(a), (1A)(a),
(2)(a), (2)(c) and (2)(d)".
(5) In regulation 58(6) of the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009 after "subregulation (1)" insert
"or (1A)".
(6) After regulation 58(6) of the Road Safety
(Drivers) Regulations 2009 insert—
'(7) In this regulation approved high visibility
vest or jacket means a high visibility vest or
jacket that meets and is labelled or marked to
indicate that it meets at least one of the
following standards for day and night high
visibility garments and apparel—
(a) AS/ANZ 4602.1:2011;
(b) International Standard ISO20471:2013
"High visibility clothing—Test
methods and requirements";
(c) American National Standard
ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 "American
National Standard for High Visibility
Public Safety Vests";
(d) American National Standard
ANSI/ISEA 107-2010 "American
National Standard for High Visibility
Safety Apparel and Headwear".'.
5 Towing of vehicles by P1 probationary drivers
(1) In the heading to regulation 59 of the Road
Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009, for
"P1 probationary" substitute "certain".
(2) In regulation 59 of the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009, for "P1 probationary driver
licence" substitute "P1 probationary car driver
licence, or the holder of a motor cycle licence that
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was issued on or after 1 October 2014 who has
held the motor cycle licence for a period of less
than 3 years,".
6 Amendment of Schedule 2—codes used to indicate
driver licence or learner permit subject to
conditions
(1) In Schedule 2 to the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009, in Column 2 of the row marked
"E" in Column 1—
(a) In paragraph (b), for "pillion passenger—"
substitute "pillion passenger; and";
(b) After paragraph (b) insert—
"(c) must not drive a motor cycle unless the
headlights of the motor cycle are on at
all times—".
(2) In Schedule 2 to the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009 insert the following row after
the row marked "I" in Column 1—
"N That the driver must drive a motor cycle with an
automatic transmission.".
7 Amendment of Schedule 3—demerit points
(1) In Schedule 3 to the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009, in item 30, in Column 2, after
"58(1)(a)," insert "58(1A)(a),".
(2) In Schedule 3 to the Road Safety (Drivers)
Regulations 2009, in item 31, in Column 2, after
"58(1)(b)," insert "58(1A)(b),".
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PART 3—AMENDMENTS TO THE ROAD SAFETY
(GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009
8 Amendment of Schedule 7—traffic infringements
(1) In Schedule 7 to the Road Safety (General)
Regulations 2009 2 , after item 71 insert—
"71A 2533 Holder of motor
cycle licence for
less than 3 years
carrying a pillion
passenger
RS(D)R
58(1A)(b)
3 penalty
units
".
(2) In Schedule 7 to the Road Safety (General)
Regulations 2009, after item 72 insert—
"72A 2534 Holder of motor
cycle licence for
less than 3 years
driving without
headlights on
RS(D)R
58(1A)(c)
1 penalty
unit
72B 2535 Holder of motor
cycle learner
permit driving
without headlights
on
RS(D)R
58(2)(c)
1 penalty
unit
72C 2536 Holder of motor
cycle learner
permit driving
without wearing a
securely fitted and
fastened approved
high visibility vest
or jacket
RS(D)R
58(2)(d)
1 penalty
unit
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(3) In Schedule 7 to the Road Safety (General)
Regulations 2009, after item 133 insert—
"133A 2537 Holder of motor
cycle licence for
less than 3 years
driving motor
cycle that is not a
learner approved
motor cycle
RS(D)R
58(1A)(a)
2 penalty
units
".
(4) In Schedule 7 to the Road Safety (General)
Regulations 2009, after item 135 insert—
"135A 2538 Holder of motor
cycle licence for
less than 3 years
towing another
vehicle
RS(D)R 59 2 penalty
units
".
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 4(1): S.R. No. 95/2009. Reprint No. 1 as at 1 August 2013.
Reprinted to S.R. No. 86/2013. Subsequently amended by
S.R. Nos 28/2010, 135/2013, 150/2013, 153/2013, 174/2013, 175/2013,
27/2014, 46/2014, 84/2014 and 85/2014.
2 Reg. 8(1): S.R. No. 115/2009. Reprint No. 1 as at 1 August 2013. Reprinted
to S.R. No. 84/2012. Subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 118/2013,
135/2013, 150/2013, 153/2013 and 67/2014.
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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter
The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in
accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation
Regulations 2014.
Statutory rule
provision
Title of applied, adopted or
incorporated document
Matter in
applied,
adopted or
incorporated
document
Regulation 4(6)
definition of
approved high
visibility vest or
jacket in
regulation 58
Australia/New Zealand
Standard AS/ANZ 4602.1:
2011 "High visibility safety
garments Part 1: Garments for
high risk applications", as
amended from time to time
The whole
International Standard
ISO20471:2013 "High
visibility clothing—Test
methods and requirements"
published by the International
Organisation for
Standardisation on 1 June
2013, as amended from time
to time
The whole
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Statutory rule
provision
Title of applied, adopted or
incorporated document
Matter in
applied,
adopted or
incorporated
document
American National Standard
ANSI/ISEA 207-2011
"American National Standard
for High Visibility Public
Safety Vests" published by
the International Safety
Equipment Association on
17 October 2011, as amended
from time to time
The whole
American National Standard
ANSI/ISEA 107-2010
"American National Standard
for High Visibility Safety
Apparel and Headwear"
published by the International
Safety Equipment Association
on 8 January 2010, as
amended from time to time
The whole
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