Australian Road Rules Variation Rules 2011 (SA)

South Australia

Australian Road Rules Variation Rules 2011

under the Road Traffic Act 1961

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Australian Road Rules

4            Variation of rule 120—What is a level crossing

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These rules may be cited as the Australian Road Rules Variation Rules 2011.

2—Commencement

These rules will come into operation on 1 December 2011.

3—Variation provisions

In these rules, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified rules varies the rules so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Australian Road Rules

4—Variation of rule 120—What is a level crossing

Rule 120(1)—delete subrule (1), including the Note, and substitute:

(1)A level crossing is:

(a)an area where a road and a railway meet at substantially the same level, whether or not there is a level crossing sign on the road at all or any of the entrances to the area; or

(b)an area where a road and tram tracks meet at substantially the same level and that has a level crossing sign on the road at each entrance to the area,

provided that where there is a stop line across all or part of a road referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) at or near an entrance from that road to the area referred to in that paragraph, the level crossing includes the whole or part of the road (as the case may be) that lies between the commencement of the stop line and the area referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

Note—

Tram tracks is defined in the dictionary.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 21 July 2011

No 187 of 2011

MRS10/007CS