Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Public Vehicles Reform) Regulations 2000

Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Public Vehicles Reform) Regulations 2000

I, the 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 .

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

P. A. LENNON

Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Public Vehicles Reform) Regulations 2000 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect immediately after the Passenger Transport Act 1997 commences.

3.   Principal Regulations

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

4.   Regulation 8 amended (Offences)

Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulation (1) and substituting the following subregulation:

(1)  A person must not drive a bus for the purpose of carrying schoolchildren to or from school, or cause or permit another person to drive a bus for that purpose, unless that bus is displaying the warning lights and signs required to be fitted to that bus by regulation 75H of the Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 1968 .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 21 June 2000

These regulations are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

(a) amend the Traffic (General and Local) Regulations 1956 consequent on the public vehicle reforms effected by the Passenger Transport Act 1997 and related legislation; and

(b) effect minor statute law revision.