Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Driving Hours) Regulations 1999
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 .
28 June 1999W. J. E. COX
Lieutenant-Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
P. A. LENNON
Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources
These regulations may be cited as the Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Driving Hours) Regulations 1999 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Traffic (General and Local) Regulations 1956 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 8E amended (Driving hours)
Regulation 8E(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of "prescribed vehicle" and substituting the following definition:prescribed vehicle means –(a) a goods-carrying vehicle with a GVM exceeding 12 tonnes; or(b) a goods-carrying vehicle that forms part of a combination where the GVM of the vehicles in the combination exceeds, in aggregate, 12 tonnes; or(c) a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of 13 or more adults, including the driver, that is –(i) designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of passengers; and(ii) used to carry passengers for reward or other business purposes.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 7 July 1999
These regulations are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations change, in line with national road transport reforms, the vehicle classes to which restrictions on driving hours apply.