Traffic (Compliance and Enforcement) Amendment (Safe Cycling) Regulations 2017

Traffic (Compliance and Enforcement) Amendment (Safe Cycling) Regulations 2017

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 .

18 September 2017

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

M. T. (RENE) HIDDING

Minister for Infrastructure

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Traffic (Compliance and Enforcement) Amendment (Safe Cycling) Regulations 2017 .

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 Traffic (Compliance and Enforcement) Regulations 2017 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Offences)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting

Note For additional local speed-limit offences see item 439 and items 447 to 453.

from Subdivision 1 of Division 2 of Part 1 and substituting the following note:

Note For additional local speed-limit offences see item 436 and items 444 to 450.

(b) by inserting "or rider of a bicycle" after "pedestrian" in column 3 of item 81 in Subdivision 8 of Division 2 of Part 1 ;

(c) by inserting "or rider of a bicycle" after "pedestrian" in column 3 of item 82 in Subdivision 8 of Division 2 of Part 1 ;

(d) by inserting "or rider of a bicycle" after "pedestrian" in column 3 of item 108 in Subdivision 14 of Division 2 of Part 1 ;

(e) by inserting "or rider of a bicycle" after "pedestrian" in column 3 of item 109 in Subdivision 14 of Division 2 of Part 1 ;

(f) by inserting "or rider of a bicycle" after "pedestrian" in column 3 of item 110 in Subdivision 14 of Division 2 of Part 1 ;

(g) by inserting "or rider of a bicycle" after "to pedestrian" in column 3 of item 112 in Subdivision 14 of Division 2 of Part 1 ;

(h) by omitting

Note For additional local general offences see items 444 and 445.

from Subdivision 21 of Division 2 of Part 1 and substituting the following note:

Note For additional local general offences see items 441 and 442.

(i) by inserting after paragraph (b) in item 194 in Subdivision 23 of Division 2 of Part 1 the following item:

194A.

RR 144A(1)

Pass rider of bicycle without sufficient distance

1

2

(j) by omitting

Note For additional local marked line offences see item 446.

from Subdivision 24 of Division 2 of Part 1 and substituting the following note:

Note For additional local marked line offences see item 443.

(k) by omitting

Note For additional local lawn mower and wheeled recreational device/toy offences see items 439 to 442.

from Subdivision 41 of Division 2 of Part 1 and substituting the following note:

Note For additional local lawn mower and wheeled recreational device/toy offences see items 437 to 440.

(l) by omitting item 339 from Subdivision 42 of Division 2 of Part 1 and substituting the following item:

339.

RR 248(2)

Rider of bicycle ride across children’s crossing, marked foot crossing or pedestrian crossing otherwise than in accordance with rule 248

0.50

0

(m) by omitting

Note For additional local livestock offences see items 426 to 437.

from Subdivision 46 of Division 2 of Part 1 and substituting the following note:

Note For additional local livestock offences see items 424 to 435.

(n) by omitting items 556 , 557 , 558 , 559 , 560 and 561 from Subdivision 5 of Division 2 of Part 2 .

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

Notified in the Gazette on 27 September 2017

These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Traffic (Compliance and Enforcement) Regulations 2017 to –

(a) prescribe for the purposes of Part IVB of the Traffic Act 1925 certain offences under the Road Rules 2009 that relate to safe cycling; and

(b) remove from the offences prescribed for the purposes of Part IVB of the Traffic Act 1925 certain offences under the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2010 that relate to the display of registration labels; and

(c) correct some references to rules in the notes contained in Schedule 1 .