Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

i Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 S.R. No. 136/1996 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objectives 1 2. Authorising provision 1 3. Principal Regulations 2 4. Application of bus signals to other drivers 2 5. Amendment of regulation 1504 of the Principal Regulations 2 6. Amendment of regulation 1704 of the Principal Regulations 2 ═══════════════ NOTES 3 -- 1 of 4 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 1996 S.R. No. 136/1996 Road Safety Act 1986 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 26 November 1996 Responsible Minister: GEOFF CRAIGE Minister for Roads and Ports A. WILTSHIRE Acting Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objectives The objectives of these Regulations are— (a) to ensure that where a taxi or other vehicle is permitted to be driven in a bus lane the driver of the taxi or other vehicle is authorised to comply with traffic control signals that normally apply only to buses; (b) to permit the Corporation to approve a trailer for the carriage of passengers subject to any specified conditions; and (c) to correct an error in regulation 1704 of the Principal Regulations. 2. Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986. -- 2 of 4 -- S.R. No. 136/1996 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 2 3. Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Road Safety (Traffic) Regulations 1988 1 are called the Principal Regulations. 4. Application of bus signals to other drivers After regulation 401(15) of the Principal Regulations, insert— "(15A) Sub-regulations (13), (14) and (15) apply to the driver of a vehicle (other than a public commercial passenger vehicle) that is permitted to be driven in a bus lane under regulation 514(3) while that vehicle is being driven in a bus lane, as if that vehicle were a public commercial passenger vehicle.". 5. Amendment of regulation 1504 of the Principal Regulations After regulation 1504(2)(d) of the Principal Regulations, insert— " ; or (e) a trailer that has been approved by the Corporation for the carriage of passengers, and is being used in accordance with the conditions (if any) of that approval". 6. Amendment of regulation 1704 of the Principal Regulations In regulation 1704(1) of the Principal Regulations, for "1703" substitute "1702". ═══════════════ r. 3 -- 3 of 4 -- S.R. No. 136/1996 Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 3 NOTES 1 S.R. No. 30/1988. Reprinted to S.R. No. 192/1995 and subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 63/1996, 83/1996 and 104/1996. Notes -- 4 of 4 --