Road Amendment Rules 2023
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 the Traffic Act 1925 .
19 June 2023B. BAKER
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
These rules may be cited as the Road Amendment Rules 2023 .
These rules take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these rules, the Road Rules 2019 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 300 amended (Use of mobile phones)
Rule 300(4) of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting "in her or his hand" from paragraph (a) of the definition of use .
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 23 June 2023
These rules are administered in the Department of State Growth.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the rule)
These rules amend the Road Rules 2019 by altering the definition of “use” as it relates to mobile phones.