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Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Keep Clear) Regulations 1998

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Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Keep Clear) Regulations 1998

I, the Lieutenant-Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Traffic Act 1925 .

13 July 1998

W. J. E. COX

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

T. JOHN CLEARY

Minister for Transport

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Keep Clear) Regulations 1998 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Traffic (General and Local) Regulations 1956 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.   Heading to Part IV, Division 4 amended

The heading to Division 4 of Part IV of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting "and markings" after "signs".

5.   Regulation 28AA inserted

After regulation 28 of the Principal Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:

28AA.   Keep clear road markings

(1)  The driver of a vehicle must not stop the vehicle or cause or permit the vehicle to remain stationary in a keep clear zone.
(2)  For the purpose of subregulation (1), a keep clear zone is that part of a public street that is –
(a) marked on its surface, in the form specified in item 1 of Part 4 of Schedule 4, with paint of a colour that contrasts with the colour of the adjacent roadway; and
(b) painted with the words "KEEP CLEAR" between 2 parallel solid lines.
(3)  The form specified in item 1 of Part 4 of Schedule 4 is intended as an example only.

6.   Heading to Schedule 4 substituted

The heading to Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "SIGNS" and substituting "ROAD SIGNS AND MARKINGS".

7.   Schedule 4 amended (Road signs and markings)

Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after Part 3 of that Schedule the following Part:
PART 4 - Road markings
1.   Keep Clear Zone

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Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 22 July 1998

These regulations are administered in the Department of Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Traffic (General and Local) Regulations 1956 by providing for the marking of keep clear zones on public streets.