Road Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2010
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 rules under section 31A of the Traffic Act 1925 .
30 August 2010PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
LARA GIDDINGS
Minister for Infrastructure
These rules may be cited as the Road Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2010 .
These rules take effect on 30 September 2010.
In these rules, the Road Rules 2009 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 206 amended (Time extension for people with disabilities)
Rule 206 of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting subrule (2) and substituting the following subrule:(2) The driver may park continuously on a length of road, or in an area, to which a permissive parking sign applies (except in a parking area for people with disabilities) for the longest of the following periods that applies to his or her circumstances:(a) if the time limit on the sign –(i) is less than 30 minutes, 30 minutes; or(ii) is 30 minutes or more but 1 hour or less, 2 hours; or(iii) is more than 1 hour, twice the period indicated on the sign;(b) if another law of this jurisdiction permits the driver to park for a longer period, the longer period;(c) if another law of this jurisdiction permits the driver to park for an unlimited period, an unlimited period.
5. Schedule 6 amended (Jurisdictional qualifications)
Schedule 6 to the Principal Rules is amended by omitting clause 6 from Part 1 .
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 8 September 2010
These rules are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the rule)
These rules amend the Road Rules 2009 by bringing time period extensions for parking for persons with disabilities in line with recent, nationally agreed, changes to the Australian Road Rules.