Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (General) Application of Road Transport Legislation Declaration 2016 (No 8)
Disallowable instrument DI2016—235
made under the
Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 13 (Power to exclude vehicles, persons or animals from road transport legislation)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Subsection 13 (1) of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 (the Act), empowers the Minister to declare that a provision or provisions of the road transport legislation do not apply to a vehicle, person or animal. Subsection 13 (3) of the Act makes such a declaration a disallowable instrument.

Clauses 1 and 2 of the instrument are formal provisions dealing with the name and commencement of the instrument.

Clause 3 disapplies Australian Road Rule 300 (which restrict a driver’s ability to use a mobile phone while driving) to the driver of vehicle YKG 04S (a silver Honda Jazz) operated by Seeing Machine Ltd while the vehicle is being driven on the Majura Parkway between 10:00am and 3:00pm on Monday 15 August 2016, and the driver is participating in a demonstration of a driver monitoring system which used to detect mobile phone use while driving. The driver of the vehicle remains subject to all other provisions of the road transport legislation and the exemption only operates if the vehicle is being driven in accordance with other road transport laws.

Clause 4 explains that the instrument expires on 16 August 2016.