Road Amendment (Parking Exemptions for Mobile Speed Camera Vehicles) Rules 2010 (NSW)

2010 No 372

New South Wales

Road Amendment (Parking

Exemptions for Mobile Speed Camera

Vehicles) Rules 2010

under the

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999

The Administrator, 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 to exempt persons conducting mobile speed camera operations for or on behalf of the Roads and Traffic Authority from certain provisions of the Road Rules that prohibit driving or stopping a vehicle on dividing strips or nature strips.

These Rules are made under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999, including section 72A (the general rule-making power), section 71 and Schedule 1.

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Rule 1	Rules 2010

Road Amendment (Parking Exemptions for Mobile

Speed Camera Vehicles) Rules 2010

under the

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999

1      Name of Rules

These Rules are the Road Amendment (Parking Exemptions for Mobile
Speed Camera Vehicles) Rules 2010.

2      Commencement

These Rules commence on the day on which they are published on the
NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Road Rules 2008

Insert after rule 307:

307–1	NSW rule: exemption for drivers conducting mobile speed camera operations
(1) A provision mentioned in subrule (2) does not apply to the driver of a vehicle being used for the purpose of, or in connection with, the operation of a mobile speed camera (comprising an approved speed measuring device and an approved digital camera recording device) for or on behalf of the Authority if, in the circumstances:

(a)	the driver is taking reasonable care, and
(b)	it is reasonable that the provision should not apply.

(2) Subrule (1) applies to the following provisions:

• rule 137 (Keeping off a dividing strip)

• rule 197 (1) (to the extent only that it relates to
stopping on a dividing strip or nature strip)

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• rule 289 (1) (Driving on a nature strip).

Note 1. Approved speed measuring device and approved digital camera recording device are defined in sections 44 and 45 of the Act, respectively.

Note 2. Rules 125 and 198 prohibit a driver from unreasonably obstructing the path of other drivers or pedestrians or from stopping in a position that obstructs access to or from footpaths, bicycle paths, driveways or similar access ways.

Note 3. This rule is an additional NSW road rule. There is no corresponding rule in the Australian Road Rules.