Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Segways) Regulations 2013
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 Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 .
4 February 2013PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
D. J. O'BYRNE
Minister for Infrastructure
These regulations may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Segways) Regulations 2013 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2010 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 37B inserted
After regulation 37A of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Division 8:37B. Exemption from requirement to hold driver licence while operating segway
(1) A person is exempt from the requirement to hold a driver licence when driving a segway on a public street.(2) An exemption under this regulation does not operate in favour of a person who would, but for this subregulation, have the benefit of the exemption while that person is in breach of a condition of the exemption.(3) In this regulation –segway means a two-wheeled, self-balancing, battery-powered personal transportation device for which a short term unregistered vehicle permit is in force authorising its use on a public street.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 6 February 2013
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 (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2010 by providing an exemption from the requirement to hold a driver licence while driving a segway.