Vehicle and Traffic (Offence Detection Devices) Amendment Regulations 2004

Vehicle and Traffic (Offence Detection Devices) Amendment Regulations 2004

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 Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 .

26 April 2004

W. J. E. Cox

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

Bryan Green

Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic (Offence Detection Devices) Amendment Regulations 2004 .

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 Vehicle and Traffic (Offence Detection Devices) Regulations 2002 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 10 amended (Testing requirement: devices used for detection of speeding offences)

Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from subregulation (1)(b) "tester." and substituting "tester; and";

(b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b) in subregulation (1) :

(c) it is sealed in such a manner as to prevent interference with its speed-computing circuitry without breaking the seal.

(c) by omitting subregulation (2) and substituting the following subregulation:

(2)  For subregulation (1)(b) , a device is not to be taken as having been repaired, altered or adjusted unless the repair, alteration or adjustment required the seal of the device to be broken.

5.    Schedule 1 amended (Forms)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting Forms 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 and substituting:

Form 1 - TEST CERTIFICATE: AMPHOMETER

Regulations 11 and 12

Form 2 - TEST CERTIFICATE: LASER SPEED ANALYSER

Regulations 11 and 12

Form 3 - TEST CERTIFICATE: RADAR SPEED ANALYSER

Regulations 11 and 12

Form 4 - TEST CERTIFICATE: PHOTOGRAPHIC DETECTION DEVICE (SPEEDING OFFENCES)

Regulations 11 and 12

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

Notified in the Gazette on 5 May 2004

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Vehicle and Traffic (Offence Detection Devices) Regulations 2002 by –

(a) removing the requirement for re-certification of photographic detection devices after minor repair; and

(b) updating forms to recognise that radar speed analysers operate on the Ka Band frequency.