2006

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGMENT) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (No 1)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Circulated by authority of

John Hargreaves MLA
Minister for Urban Services

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGMENT) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (No 1)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Overview

The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, Section 25 (d) (iii) specifies that infringement notices must include the place where the offence was committed.

Section 23 (2) (b) of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Act 1999 provides that a photographic or electronic image of a vehicle taken by an approved camera detection device is complying if the relevant information for the image is indicated on the image.  Section 22A defines “relevant information” to include the date and time when, and place where, the image was taken.

Section 24 (2) of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Act 1999 allows the regulations about traffic offence detection devices to make provision about the meaning of codes and other information indicated on images taken by approved camera detection devices.

Section 108 of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Regulation 2000 defines the meaning of codes and other information indicated on an image of a vehicle taken by an approved camera detection device.

Schedule 1 of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Regulation 2000 sets out the location code and description of each site at which certain traffic camera detection devices may be operated.

Details

In October 2005 the Government agreed to a policy change to enable all remaining arterial, major collector and minor collector roads in the ACT to be assessed for possible mobile speed camera use.

This amending regulation amends Schedule 1 to insert references to an additional twenty two sites to be included for the operation of mobile speed cameras.  These sites were recommended by the Traffic Liaison Committee and assessed by the Traffic Camera Office (TCO) and Roads ACT.  The twenty two sites are located on arterial and major collector roads across the ACT.

The twenty two sites to be included on Schedule 1 of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2000 are:

Location Code	Site	
0078 	Canberra Ave between Mildura Street and Monaro Highway	
0079	Canberra Ave between Harman Naval Station and Newcastle Street	
0080	Kings Avenue between Bowen Drive and Parkes Way	
0081	William Hovell Drive between Bindubi Street and Coulter Drive	
0082	William Hovell Drive between Coulter Drive and Drake Brockman Drive	
0083	Commonwealth Avenue between King Edward Terrace and London Circuit	
0084	Gundaroo Drive between Burrowa Street and Gungahlin Drive	
0085 	Gundaroo Drive between Barton Highway and Nudurr Drive	
0086	Bindubi Street between Bandjalong Crescent and Cross Street	
0087	Clift Crescent between Hemmings Crescent and Rohan Street	
0088 	Cotter Road between Eucumbene Drive and Mount Stromlo Road  	
0089	Federal Highway between Antill Street and Majura Road	
0090	Majura Road between Federal Highway and Fairbairn Avenue	
0091	Ellenborough Street between Ginninderra Drive and Maribyrnong Avenue	
0092	Northbourne Avenue between Barton highway and Stirling Avenue	
0093	Southern Cross Drive between Coulter Drive and Kingsford Smith Drive	
0094	Southern Cross Drive between Kingsford Smith Drive and Spofforth Street	
0095	Sulwood Drive between Erindale Drive and Tuggeranong Parkway	
0096	Coulter Drive between Belconnen Way and Lachlan Street	
0097	Eastern Valley Way between Belconnen Way and College Street	
0098	Haydon Drive between Belconnen Way and Ginninderra Drive	
0099	Yamba Drive between Hindmarsh Drive and Wisdom Street