Motor Vehicles Variation Regulations 2003 (SA)

South Australia

Motor Vehicles Variation Regulations 2003

under the Motor Vehicles Act 1959

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1. Short title

2. Commencement

3. Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Motor Vehicles Regulations 1996

1. Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation

2. Insertion of regulation 13A

   13AExemption from section 47D(1)(c) of Act in relation to police motor bikes

3. Variation of regulation 20—Vehicles for which a registration label is not required to be issued

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles Variation Regulations 2003.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

3—Variation provisions

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

Part 2—Variation of Motor Vehicles Regulations 1996

4—Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation

Regulation 4—after subregulation (1) insert:

(2)A reference in these regulations to a government-registered motor vehicle is a reference to a motor vehicle—

(a)that is registered under the scheme established for the registration of motor vehicles used for or in connection with Government or Government sponsored services and known as the Continuous Government Registration Scheme; and

(b)in respect of which the Registrar has issued number plates of the class established by the Registrar under section 47A of the Act as Class 8—Government Vehicle Number Plates.

5—Insertion of regulation 13A

After regulation 13 insert:

13A—Exemption from section 47D(1)(c) of Act in relation to police motor bikes

A member of the police force who, in the course of official duties, drives on a road, or causes to stand on a road, a government-registered motor bike at the front of which is attached a label or sticker that bears the number allotted to the motor bike under the Act is exempt from section 47D(1)(c) of the Act if —

(a)the label or sticker is made of silver reflective decal material; and

(b)the label or sticker is 220 mm wide and 93 mm high; and

(c)every letter and figure on the label or sticker is printed in blue on a white background and in upper case; and

(d)the label or sticker bears the slogan "SA Government".

6—Variation of regulation 20—Vehicles for which a registration label is not required to be issued

1. Regulation 20(1)—delete "a motor vehicle that is registered under the Continuous Government Registration Scheme and in respect of which Class 8—Government Vehicle Number Plates are issued" and substitute:

   a government-registered motor vehicle

2. Regulation 20(2)—delete subregulation (2)

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 4 December 2003

No 238 of 2003

TSA 2003/07881/CTSA01