Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment Regulation 2008 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2008-40

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.
Dated 8 September 2008.
John Hargreaves
Minister
Andrew Barr
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment Regulation 2008 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2008-40
made under the
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999

    

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment Regulation 2008 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on a day fixed by the Minister by written notice.
Note 1	The naming and commencement provisions 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).
3	Legislation amended
This regulation amends the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2000.
4	Section 28
substitute
28	ARR r 287 (3), (4)—duties of participants in crashes
	(1)	For the Australian Road Rules, rule 287 (3), a driver of a motor vehicle involved in a crash is taken to have given the driver’s required particulars to a police officer if the driver supplies the particulars in accordance with the requirements of the crash reporting website.
	(2)	For the Australian Road Rules, rule 287 (3) (e), every crash not mentioned in the Australian Road Rules, rule 287 (3) (a) to (d) must be reported to a police officer.
Note	The Australian Road Rules, r 287 (3) (e) requires the driver (or the driver’s representative) to give the driver’s required particulars, within the required time, about a crash to a police officer if the crash is required to be reported to a police officer under another law of this jurisdiction.
	(3)	For the Australian Road Rules, rule 287 (4), definition of required particulars, information required to be given to a police officer about a crash includes an explanation of the circumstances of the crash.
	(4)	In this section:
crash reporting website means the website operated by the territory for the purpose of receiving information about crashes.
Note 	The crash reporting website can be accessed through the Canberra Connect website (www.canberraconnect.act.gov.au).  The website can also be accessed through the website for police services in the ACT (www.afp.gov.au/act.html).

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 11 September 2008.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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