Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

i Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 S.R. No. 28/1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provisions 1 3. Commencement 2 4. Principal Regulations 2 PART 2—GENERAL 3 5. Definitions 3 6. Operation of signs on public holidays 3 305. Operation of signs on public holidays 3 7. Obedience to signals 3 8. Obedience to signs 4 9. References to gross train mass 4 10. References to gross vehicle mass 4 11. Prohibited standing places 5 12. Towed vehicles 5 13. Revocation 5 PART 3—MELBOURNE CITY LINK 6 14. Further amendments to definitions 6 15. Emergency stopping lanes 7 16. Substitution of regulation 1107 7 1107. No standing on freeways etc. 7 17. Amendment of diagram 7 ═══════════════ NOTES 9 -- 1 of 10 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 1999 S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety Act 1986 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 16 March 1999 Responsible Minister: GEOFF CRAIGE Minister for Roads and Ports STACEY ROBERTSON Acting Clerk of the Executive Council PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1. Objective The principal objective of these Regulations is to amend the Road Safety (Traffic) Regulations 1988— (a) to accord with changes to the Road Safety Act 1986; and (b) to apply certain traffic management provisions to the Link road and the Extension road within the meaning of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995. 2. Authorising provisions These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986. -- 2 of 10 -- S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 2 3. Commencement (1) These Regulations (except Part 2) come into operation on the day on which these Regulations are made. (2) Part 2 comes into operation on 1 May 1999. 4. Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Road Safety (Traffic) Regulations 1988 1 are called the Principal Regulations. _______________ r. 3 -- 3 of 10 -- S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 3 PART 2—GENERAL 5. Definitions In regulation 105(1) of the Principal Regulations— (a) after the definition of "ambulance" insert— ' "authorised officer" means a person, other than a member of the police force, who is referred to in section 77(2) of the Act;'; and (b) omit the definitions of "gross train mass", "gross vehicle mass", "highway" and "motor vehicle"; and (c) in the definition of "stop line", for paragraph (a)(ii)(D) substitute— "(D) a railway level crossing; or (E) a stop sign; and". 6. Operation of signs on public holidays For regulation 305 of the Principal Regulations substitute— "305. Operation of signs on public holidays If a sign of a kind referred to in these Regulations indicates that an instruction is to apply on a particular day of the week, that instruction does not apply on a day appointed as a public holiday by or under the Public Holidays Act 1993 in the place in which the sign is erected, unless the sign specifically indicates that it applies on that holiday.". 7. Obedience to signals r. 5 -- 4 of 10 -- S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 4 In regulation 401(4)(a)(i) of the Principal Regulations, for "sign" substitute "signal". 8. Obedience to signs In regulation 402 of the Principal Regulations, sub-regulations (24) and (25) are revoked. 9. References to gross train mass In the Principal Regulations— (a) in regulation 508(3), for "gross train mass" substitute "GCM"; (b) in regulation 517(1)(a), for "gross train mass" (wherever occurring) substitute "GCM". 10. References to gross vehicle mass In the Principal Regulations— (a) in regulation 105(1)— (i) in the definition of "no trucks sign", for "gross vehicle mass" substitute "GVM"; (ii) in the definition of "truck lane sign", for "gross vehicle mass" substitute "GVM"; (b) in regulation 402(27), for "gross vehicle mass" (wherever occurring) substitute "GVM"; (c) in regulation 402(31), for "gross vehicle mass" substitute "GVM"; (d) in regulation 508(3), for "gross vehicle mass" substitute "GVM"; (e) in regulation 517(1)(a), for "gross vehicle mass" (wherever occurring) substitute "GVM"; r. 8 -- 5 of 10 -- S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 5 (f) in regulation 1001(2)(a), for "gross vehicle mass" substitute "GVM"; (g) in regulation 1205(1), for "gross vehicle mass" substitute "GVM". 11. Prohibited standing places In regulation 1104 of the Principal Regulations, after sub-regulation (10) insert— "(11) Sub-regulation (1)(g) does not apply in respect of a vehicle being used for the purpose of the operation of a detection device prescribed for the purposes of section 66 of the Act.". 12. Towed vehicles (1) In regulation 1605(2) of the Principal Regulations— (a) for "803" substitute "803(3)"; (b) for "1988" substitute "1999". (2) In regulation 1605(3) of the Principal Regulations, for "1988" substitute "1999". 13. Revocation Regulations 1109 and 1606 of the Principal Regulations are revoked. _______________ r. 11 -- 6 of 10 -- S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 6 PART 3—MELBOURNE CITY LINK 14. Further amendments to definitions In regulation 105(1) of the Principal Regulations— (a) insert the following definitions— ' "Extension corporation" has the same meaning as in the Melbourne City Link Act 1995; "Extension road" has the same meaning as in the Melbourne City Link Act 1995; "Link corporation" has the same meaning as in the Melbourne City Link Act 1995; "Link road" has the same meaning as in the Melbourne City Link Act 1995;'; (b) in the definition of "highway authority", after paragraph (b) insert— "(ba) in respect of the Link road—the Link corporation; and (bb) in respect of the Extension road—the Extension corporation; and"; (c) in the definition of "speed restriction sign", for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute— "(a) with numerals within the red circle, with or without other words; and (b) if the background is white, with the numerals and words in black; and (c) if the background is black, with the numerals and words in white—". r. 14 -- 7 of 10 -- S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 7 15. Emergency stopping lanes In regulation 402(18) of the Principal Regulations, after "freeway" (where first occurring) insert "or on a part of the Link road which, under a declaration under section 61 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, is to be treated as a freeway". 16. Substitution of regulation 1107 For regulation 1107 of the Principal Regulations substitute— "1107. No standing on freeways etc. A person must not leave a vehicle standing on a part of a highway which is— (a) a freeway under the Transport Act 1983; or (b) a part of the Link road which, under a declaration under section 61 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995, is to be treated as a freeway— unless the person leaves the vehicle standing in a parking area. Penalty: 2 penalty units.". 17. Amendment of diagram In Diagram 26 in Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, for— "BLACK: Numerals RED: Circle WHITE: Background" substitute— r. 15 -- 8 of 10 -- S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 8 "BLACK: Numerals or background RED: Circle WHITE: Background if numerals black, or numerals if background black". ═══════════════ r. 17 -- 9 of 10 -- S.R. No. 28/1999 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 9 NOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 30/1988. Reprint No. 4 as at 5 September 1997. Further amended by S.R. No. 81/1998. Continued in operation to 8 February 1999 by S.R. No. 170/1997 and to 1 March 2000 by section 95C(1) of the Road Safety Act 1986. Notes -- 10 of 10 --