Road Amendment (Exemptions for Stopping or Being On Freeways) Rules 2010 (NSW)
2010 No 600
New South Wales
Road Amendment (Exemptions for
Stopping or Being on Freeways) Rules
2010
under the
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Rules under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.
DAVID BORGER, MP
Minister for Roads
Explanatory note
The object of these Rules is to amend the Road Rules 2008:
| (a) | to exempt from the prohibition in the Rules on drivers stopping a vehicle on a freeway: | |||||||
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| (b) | to exempt from the prohibition in the Rules on pedestrians being on a road with a road access sign (being a sign usually used on a freeway): | |||||||
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| (c) | to include diagrams of the permitted versions of traffic signs designating bus or truck parking areas. |
These Rules are made under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999, including sections 71 and 72A (the general rule-making power) and Schedule 1.
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Road Amendment (Exemptions for Stopping or Being on Freeways) Rules 2010
under the
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999
1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the Road Amendment (Exemptions for Stopping or
Being on Freeways) Rules 2010.
2 Commencement
These Rules commence on the day on which they are published on the
NSW legislation website.
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[1] Rule 177 Stopping on a freeway
Insert after rule 177 (1) (after the notes):
(1–1) This rule does not apply to:
(a) the driver of a truck while stopped in a truck parking area, or (b) the driver of a public bus used to provide a public passenger service, while stopped: (i) in a bus parking area, or
(ii) in a bus zone or at a bus stop to drop off or pick up passengers, or
(c) the driver of a vehicle who is authorised to maintain facilities in a bus parking area, while stopped in the bus parking area for that purpose. Note 1. Bus parking area, public bus, public passenger service, truck and truck parking area are defined in the Dictionary. Bus zone is defined in rule 183 (2). Vehicle is defined in rule 15.
Note 2. This subrule is an additional NSW subrule. There is no corresponding subrule in rule 177 of the Australian Road Rules.
[2] Rule 229–1
Insert after rule 229:
| 229–1 | NSW Rule: exemption from prohibition on pedestrians being on a road with a road access sign |
Rule 229 does not apply to:
(a)
the driver or passenger of a truck while in a truck parking area, or
(b)
the driver of a public bus used to provide a public passenger service, while in a bus parking area, or
(c)
a person approaching or waiting in a bus zone or at a bus stop to be picked up as a passenger on a public bus providing a public passenger service, or a person leaving a bus zone or bus stop after being dropped off as such a passenger, or
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(d) a person who is authorised to maintain facilities in a bus parking area, while in the bus parking area for that purpose. Note 1. Bus parking area, footpath, public bus, public passenger service, truck and truck parking area are defined in the Dictionary. Bus zone is defined in rule 183 (2).
Note 2. This rule is an additional NSW road rule. There is no corresponding rule in the Australian Road Rules.
[3] Schedule 3 Non-standard traffic signs used in NSW
Insert in alphabetical order of titles to diagrams of traffic signs:
Permissive parking sign (for a bus parking area) (Dictionary, definition of “bus parking area”)
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Permissive parking sign (for a truck parking area) (Dictionary, definition of “truck parking area”)
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Permissive parking sign
(for end of a bus parking area)(Dictionary, definition of “bus parking area”)
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Permissive parking sign
(for end of a truck parking area)(Dictionary, definition of “truck parking area”)
[4] Dictionary
Insert in alphabetical order:
bus parking area means an area with:
(a)
a permissive parking sign on each road into the area on which appears the words “Bus parking area only”, and
(b)
a permissive parking sign on each road out of the area that indicates the end of the bus parking area.
Note 1.
For the permitted version of a permissive parking sign referred definition in the Dictionary of the Australian Road Rules.
to in this definition—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.
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truck parking area means an area with:
(a)
a permissive parking sign on each road into the area on which appears the words “Truck parking area only”, and
(b)
a permissive parking sign on each road out of the area that indicates the end of the truck parking area.
Note 1.
For the permitted version of a permissive parking sign referred definition in the Dictionary of the Australian Road Rules.
to in this definition—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.
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