Motor Traffic Act (No 5) 1974 (ACT)

No. 48 of 1974

AN ORDINANCE

Relating to Motor Traffic.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under

the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910-1973.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of October, 1974.

JOHN R. KERR Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

GORDON M. BRYANT

Minister of State for the Capital Territory.

MOTOR TRAFFIC ORDINANCE (No. 5) 1974

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Motor Traffic Ordinance (No. 5) 1974.*
(2) The Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1973,t as amended by the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1974,$ the Motor Traffic Ordinance (No. 2) 1974,§ the Motor Traffic Ordinance (No. 3) 1974|| and the Motor Traffic Ordinance (No. 4) 1974^ is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3) Section 1 of the Motor Traffic Ordinance (No. 4) 1974 is amended by omitting sub-section ( 4 ) .

(4) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1974.

t	O r d i n a n c e	N o .	4 ,	1 9 7 4 .
§ O r d i n a n c e	N o .	1 2 ,	1 9 7 4 .
I I O r d i n a n c e	N o .	2 3 ,	1 9 7 4 .
Ii O r d i n a n c e	N o .	3 7 ,	1 9 7 4

2. Section 122 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting in sub-paragraph (a) ( i ) , after the words " ' GIVE WAY ' ", the words " or the word ' STOP ' ".

3. Section 124 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the words " t h e other public street" and substi­ tuting the words " either of those public streets ".

* N o t i f i e d in t h e Australian Government Gazette o n 2 4 O c t o b e r 1 9 7 4 .

t

O r d i n a n c e

N o .

4 5 ,

1 9 3 6 , a s

a m e n d e d

b y

N o s .

2 5

a n d

4 1 ,

1 9 3 8 ; N o .

16 ,

1 9 4 1 ; N o .

14 ,

1 9 4 2 ; N o s .

2

a n d

13 .

1 9 4 3 ;

N o .

3 ,

1 9 4 5 ; N o s .

6

a n d

13 ,

1 9 4 7 ;

N o .

7 ,

1 9 5 0 ; N o .

17 ,

1 9 5 1 ; N o s .

1 a n d

7 ,

1 9 5 5 ; N o .

6 ,

1 9 5 6 ; N o .

1 9 ,

1 9 5 7 ; N o s . 10 a n d 15, 1 9 5 8 ; N o s . 7 a n d 2 1 , 1 9 5 9 ; N o . 1 1 , 1 9 6 0 ; N o s . 16 a n d 17, 1 9 6 2 ; N o . 2 1 , 1 9 6 3 ; N o . 8 , 1 9 6 4 ;

N o s . 9 a n d 13 , 1 9 6 5 ; N o . 19 , 1 9 6 6 ; N o . 2 , 1 9 6 8 ; N o s . 2 7 a n d 2 9 , 1 9 6 9 ; N o . 2 7 , 1 9 7 0 ; N o s . 1 3 , 17 , 3 7 a n d 3 9 ,

1 9 7 1 ; N o s . 3 a n d 10 , 1 9 7 2 ; a n d N o s . 1, 3 2 , 3 8 , 4 1 , 4 2 a n d 5 7 , 1 9 7 3 .

4. Section 128 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by adding at

the end thereof the following sub-section:—

" ( 2 ) Where—

(a)	the driver of a motor vehicle upon a public street approach­ ing the junction or intersection of that public street and another public street has stopped the motor vehicle in
accordance with sub-section ( 1 ) ;
(b)	another vehicle is approaching the same junction or inter­ section from either of those public streets; and
(c)	the circumstances are such that if the driver referred to in paragraph (a) were to drive his motor vehicle into the intersection there would be a reasonable possibility that the vehicles would arrive at the same point simultaneously or that a dangerous situation would otherwise be created,

the driver of the motor vehicle referred to in paragraph (a) shall allow

the vehicle referred to in paragraph (b) to pass in front of him.".