Australian Capital Territory

Road Transport Legislation (Australian Road Rules) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2004-16

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 and the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.
Dated 17 May 2004.
Bill Wood
Minister
Simon Corbell
Minister

Australian Capital Territory

Road Transport Legislation (Australian Road Rules) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2004-16
made under the
Road Transport (General) Act 1999 and the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999

    
Contents
	Page
Part 1	Preliminary
	1	Name of regulations	1
	2	Commencement	1
Part 2	Road Transport (Offences) Regulations 2001
	3	Legislation amended—pt 2	2
	4	Regulation 6 (3)	2
	5	Regulation 15 heading	2
	6	Schedule 1, part 1.2 (Australian Road Rules), items 36 to 39	3
	7	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new items 59.1A and 59.1B	4
	8	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new items 67A and 67B	4
	9	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 75	5
	10	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new item 157A	5
	11	Schedule 1, part 1.2, items 199 and 200	5
	12	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 204	7
	13	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new item 217A	7
	14	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new item 244A	7
	15	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 251	8
	16	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 257	9
	17	Schedule 1, part 1.2, items 306 and 307	10
	18	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 318	10
	19	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 324	11
	20	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new items 353A and 353B	11
	21	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 367	12
	22	Schedule 1, part 1.2	12
	23	Schedule 1, part 1.13 (Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulations 2000), item 1	12
Part 3	Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulations 2000
	24	Legislation amended—pt 3	13
	25	Regulation 5	13
	26	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table	13
	27	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table	13
	28	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table	14
	29	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table	14
	30	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table	14
	31	Regulation 8A	14
	32	New regulation 12A	14
	33	Regulation 16A	15
	34	New regulation 22A	15
	35	Regulation 23A	16
	36	Regulation 29	16
	37	Regulation 29	16
	38	Dictionary, definition of emergency worker	16
	39	Dictionary, definition of postal vehicle, note	16

Part 1	Preliminary
1	Name of regulations
These regulations are the Road Transport Legislation (Australian Road Rules) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 1).
2	Commencement
These regulations commence on a day fixed by the Minister by written notice.
Note 1	The provisions of regulations providing for the name and commencement automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
Note 2	A single day or time may be fixed, or different days or times may be fixed, for the commencement of different provisions (see Legislation Act, s 77 (1)).
Note 3	If a provision has not commenced within 6 months beginning on the notification day, it automatically commences on the first day after that period (see Legislation Act, s 79).

Part 2	Road Transport (Offences) Regulations 2001
3	Legislation amended—pt 2
This part amends the Road Transport (Offences) Regulations 2001.
4	Regulation 6 (3) 
omit
5	Regulation 15 heading
substitute
15	Camera-detected offences—period for service of infringement notices—Act, s 36 (7)

6	Schedule 1, part 1.2 (Australian Road Rules), items 36 to 39
substitute
36	57 (1) (a)	not stop at stop line at yellow light	20	228	3 (NS)	
37	57 (1) (b)	not stop before traffic lights at yellow light	20	228	3 (NS)	
38	57 (1) (c)	not stop before intersection at yellow light	20	228	3 (NS)	
39	57 (2) (a)	not stop at stop line at yellow arrow	20	228	3 (NS)	
39A	57 (2) (b)	not stop before traffic lights at yellow arrow	20	228	3 (NS)	
39B	57 (2) (c)	not stop before intersection at yellow arrow	20	228	3 (NS)	
39C	57 (3)	not leave intersection safely after yellow light/arrow	20	228	3 (NS)	
7	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new items 59.1A and 59.1B
insert
59.1A	·	by contravening 69 (2A) (a)	not give way to vehicle on road when leaving slip lane	20	228	3 (NS)	
59.1B	·	by contravening 69 (2A) (b)	not give way to vehicle/pedestrian on slip lane	20	228	3 (NS)	
8	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new items 67A and 67B
insert
67A	74 (1) (d) (i)	leave area—not give way to pedestrian on area	20	127	3 (NS)	
67B	74 (1) (d) (ii)	leave area—not give way to vehicle on area	20	127	3 (NS)	
9	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 75
substitute
75	77 (1)	driver in left lane/traffic line/bicycle lane not give way to bus	20	127	3 (NS)	
10	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new item 157A
insert
157A	128A	enter children’s/pedestrian/marked foot crossing when crossing/road beyond blocked	20	127		
11	Schedule 1, part 1.2, items 199 and 200
substitute
199	163 (1)					
199.1	·	by contravening 163 (2)	not stop before driving past rear of stopped tram	20	76	3 (NS)	
199.2	·	by contravening 163 (3) (a)	proceed near stopped tram (tram doors open)	20	76	3 (NS)	
199.3	·	by contravening 163 (3) (b)	proceed near stopped tram (road not clear of pedestrians)	20	76	3 (NS)	
199.4	·	by contravening 163 (4)	pass/overtake stopped tram at prohibited speed	20	76	3 (NS)	
200	164 (1)					
200.1	·	by contravening 164 (2)	not stop before driving past stopping tram	20	76	3 (NS)	
200.2	·	by contravening 164 (3) (a)	proceed near stopping tram (tram doors open)	20	76	3 (NS)	
200.3	·	by contravening 164 (3) (b)	proceed near stopping tram (road not clear of pedestrians)	20	76	3 (NS)	
200.4	·	by contravening 164 (4)	pass/overtake stopping tram at prohibited speed	20	76	3 (NS)	
12	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 204
omit
13	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new item 217A
insert
217A	179 (2) (c)	stop in loading zone longer than permitted	20	93		
14	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new item 244A
insert
244A	203A	stop in slip lane	20	152		
15	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 251
substitute
251	210 (1)					
251.1	·	by contravening 210 (2) (a)	not park at specified angle	20	68		
251.2	·	by contravening 210 (2) (b)	not park rear out at specified angle	20	68		
251.3	·	by contravening 210 (2A) (a)	not park at 45 (no angle specified)	20	68		
251.4	·	by contravening 210 (2A) (b)	not park rear out at 45	20	68		
251.5	·	by contravening 210 (3) (a)	not park at 90 	20	68		
251.6	·	by contravening 210 (3) (b) (i)	not park rear in/front in at 90 as specified	20	68		
251.7	·	by contravening 210 (4) (a) (i)	not park rear in at specified angle	20	68		
251.8	·	by contravening 210 (4) (a) (ii)	not park rear in at 45 (no angle specified)	20	68		
16	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 257 
substitute
257	213 (2)	not restrain vehicle properly	20	76		
257A	213 (3)	leave engine on	20	76		
257B	213 (4) (i)	not remove ignition key (no-one in vehicle)	20	76		
257C	213 (4) (ii)	not remove ignition key (only child in vehicle)	20	76		
17	Schedule 1, part 1.2, items 306 and 307
substitute
306	240 (1) (a)	use wheeled device/toy (dividing line/median strip)	20	49		
307	240 (1) (b)	use wheeled device/toy (speed limit>60km/h)	20	49		
307A	240 (1) (c)	use wheeled device/toy (multi-lane 1-way road)	20	49		
18	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 318
substitute
318	244 (1)	travel on wheeled device/toy towed by vehicle	20	49		
318A	244 (2)	hold onto moving vehicle (wheeled device/toy)	20	49		
318B	244 (3)	travel on wheeled device/toy within 2 metres of rear of moving vehicle	20	49		
19	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 324
substitute
324	248 (1)	bicycle cross on children’s/pedestrian crossing	20	49		
324A	248 (2)	bicycle cross on marked foot crossing, no green bicycle crossing light	20	49		
20	Schedule 1, part 1.2, new items 353A and 353B
insert
353A	268 (4A)	drive with passenger <16 yrs not in vehicle part for passengers or goods	20	76		
353B	268 (4B)	drive with passenger <16 yrs not in vehicle part for goods unless enclosed	20	76		
21	Schedule 1, part 1.2, item 367
substitute
367	271 (5)	exceed number of passengers on motorbike seat or in sidecar	20	76		
22	Schedule 1, part 1.2 
renumber items and subitems when regulations next republished under Legislation Act
23	Schedule 1, part 1.13 (Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulations 2000), item 1
substitute
1	12A 	contravene ARR 170 (1)—stop in intersection	20	68		

Part 3	Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulations 2000
24	Legislation amended—pt 3
This part amends the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulations 2000.
25	Regulation 5
substitute
5	What are the Australian Road Rules
In these regulations, the Australian Road Rules are that part of the publication known as the Australian Road Rules, ISBN 0 7240 8874 1 published by the National Road Transport Commission on 22 October 2003 that consists of the rules approved by the Australian Transport Council under the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991 (Cwlth).
Note	The Australian Road Rules are available on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation,act.gov.au).
26	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table
omit
25 (2)	8A	
27	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table
insert
170 (1)	12A	
28	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table
omit
213	16A	
substitute
213 (5)	16A	
29	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table
insert
236 (6)	22A	
30	Division 2.2.1, note 2, table
omit
248	23A	
31	Regulation 8A
omit
32	New regulation 12A
insert
12A	ARR r 170 (1)—driver not to stop in intersection unless permitted
A driver who contravenes the Australian Road Rules, rule 170 (1) commits an offence.
Maximum penalty:  20 penalty units.
33	Regulation 16A
omit
rule 213 (4) (b)
substitute
rule 213 (5)
34	New regulation 22A
insert
22A	ARR r 236 (6)—hitchhiking, roadside commerce etc permitted
	(1)	For the Australian Road Rules, rule 236 (6)—
	(a)	a pedestrian may stand on, or move onto, a road to—
	(i)	solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or
	(ii)	hitchhike; or
	(iii)	display an advertisement; or
	(iv)	sell or offer articles for sale; or
	(v)	wash or clean, or offer to clean, the windscreen of a vehicle; and
	(b)	a person in a vehicle may buy, or offer to buy, an article or service from a person standing on a road.
	(2)	In this regulation:
road includes any shoulder of the road, and any median strip, painted island or traffic island, but does not include any other road-related area.
Note	Median strip, painted island and traffic island are defined in the Australian Road Rules, dictionary, shoulder is defined in ARR, rule 12, and road-related area is defined in the ARR, rule 13.
35	Regulation 23A
omit
36	Regulation 29
insert
	(ca)	is a postal vehicle that is —
	(i)	a motorbike with an engine capacity of not more than 110mL; and
	(ii)	being driven at a speed of not more than 10km/h.
37	Regulation 29
renumber paragraphs when regulations next republished under Legislation Act
38	Dictionary, definition of emergency worker
omit
39	Dictionary, definition of postal vehicle, note
omit

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 24 May 2004.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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