Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (General) (Australian Road Rules - Nightlink Taxis) Exemption 2009  (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2009—7	
made under the
Road Transport (General) Act 1999, s13 (Power to exclude vehicles, persons or animals from road transport legislation)

1	Name of instrument
	This instrument is the Road Transport (General) (Australian Road Rules – Nightlink Taxis) Exemption 2009 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
	This instrument commences on the day after notification.
3	Exemption
I exempt Nightlink taxis, operating under agreement with the Road Transport Authority (RTA), from the following Australian Road Rules (ARRs):
•	ARR 132 (2) - to permit a driver to drive to the left of the dividing line; and
•	ARR 208 (2) (a) - to permit the driver to position the vehicle to face in the opposite direction of travel of vehicles in a marked lane, subject to the conditions set out in clause 4.
4	Conditions
The exemption in clause 3 only applies if:
(a)	the operator of the vehicle has a current Nightlink agreement with the RTA;
(b)	the driver is rostered as a participating Nightlink taxi:
(i)	between the hours of 12 midnight and 6am on Friday and Saturday nights; or 
(ii)	between the hours of 12 midnight and 6am on any other night in the case of a special event that has been approved by the RTA; and
(c)	the vehicle is operating in East Row, on the section of road between London Circuit and Alinga Street, Civic.

Jon Stanhope
Minister for Transport
29 January 2009