Road Safety (General) (Speed Measuring Devices) Regulations 2000 (Vic)

Road Safety (General) (Speed Measuring Devices)

Regulations 2000

S.R. No. 88/2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objectives	1
2.	Authorising provision	2
3.	Principal Regulations	2
4.	Definitions	2
5.	Automatic detection devices	4
6.	Use of automatic detection devices	4
7.	Prescribed speed measuring devices	6
8.	Testing of speed measuring devices	6
9.	New regulation 307 substituted	6

307. Sealing of speed measuring devices 6

10.	Use of radar devices	7
11.	New Division 3 of Part 3 inserted	7
Division 3—Prescribed Processes	7

313. Process for production of printed image 7

12. Certificate under section 83 of the Act 9

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STATUTORY RULES 2000

S.R. No. 88/2000

Road Safety Act 1986

Road Safety (General) (Speed Measuring Devices)

Regulations 2000

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 5 September 2000
Responsible Minister:

PETER BATCHELOR Minister for Transport

HELEN DOYE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objectives

The objectives of these Regulations are—

(a) to prescribe—

(i) new laser and radar devices; and

(ii) additional devices as automatic
detection devices and speed measuring
devices; and

(iii)  requirements for the use of the additional devices; and

(iv)  a process for producing a printed image from a digital file; and

(b) to make other minor amendments.

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2. Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986.

3. Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Road Safety (General)
Regulations 19991 are called the Principal

Regulations.

4. Definitions

(1) In regulation 105 of the Principal Regulations—

(a) paragraph (b) insert—

in the definition of "laser device", after (d) the Prolaser III;";

(b)

in the definition of "radar device", after "(d) the Kustom Golden Eagle;

(e) the Kustom Silver Eagle;".

(2) In regulation 105 of the Principal Regulations,

insert the following definitions—

' "camera" includes a device that converts
optical images into electronic signals;
"checksum" means a number produced by
the application of an algorithm to the

contents of a digital file (other than a

checksum contained in the file);

"computer" has the same meaning as in

Division 3 of Part III of the Evidence

Act 1958;

"control unit" means a computer that

processes images captured by a camera

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and creates a digital file in respect of those images;

"digital file" means a file in a digital

format, or electronic copy of such a
file, which is created by a control unit

and contains—

(a) digital images; and

(b) data indicating—

(i) time and place at which the

the date on which and the camera; and

(ii)  the speed limit at that time and place; and

(iii)

the speed of the vehicle to relates; and

(c) the checksum for that file;

"digital image" means an image, or

electronic copy of an image, of a
vehicle or part of a vehicle that has

been processed by a control unit;

"printed image" means a printed image

produced in accordance with the
process as set out in regulation 313;

"removable storage media" includes disks and magnetic tapes;

"speed calculation unit" means the part of an automatic detection device referred to in regulation 302(d) or (e) that

determines the speed of a vehicle, when
the vehicle activates the vehicle
detectors which form part of the device;

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"vehicle detectors" means the parts of an automatic detection device referred to in regulation 302(d) or (e) that detect the presence of a vehicle;'.

5. Automatic detection devices

In regulation 302 of the Principal Regulations, at the end of paragraph (c) insert—

"; and

(d)	the automatic detection device known as the Locktronics LaserCam Plus System; and
(e)	the automatic detection device known as the Redflex SMARTCAM Speed System.".

6. Use of automatic detection devices

In regulation 303 of the Principal Regulations—

(a)	omit "the person placing or removing the device or loading or unloading the film magazine into or from the device";
(b)	in paragraph (a), after "302(a)" insert ", the person placing or removing the device or loading or unloading the film magazine into or from the device";

(c) at the end of paragraph (b) insert—

"; and

(c) in the case of a device referred to in regulation 302(d) or (e)—

(i) tested in accordance with

the speed calculation unit has been before the occasion of its use; and

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(ii) placed across the road (whether on or under the surface of the road) and are approximately parallel to

the vehicle detectors have been specified by the manufacturer; and

(iii)

the speed calculation unit has been regulation 307; and

(iv) speed calculation unit or the
control unit, or loading or
unloading removable storage
media into or from the control
unit, or switching on or resetting
the control unit after it has been

a person placing or removing the (A) checks the time, date and

location code and makes any
corrections that may be
necessary to ensure that the
correct data is recorded in
the digital file; and

(B) checks that the vehicle detectors are correctly responding to the movement

of vehicles at the location;
and

(C) ensures that when the speed calculation unit and control unit are installed and left

unattended they are kept in a
locked housing.".

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7. Prescribed speed measuring devices

In regulation 305(a) of the Principal Regulations, for "and (c)" substitute ", (c), (d) and (e)".

8. Testing of speed measuring devices

In regulation 306(b)(i) of the Principal Regulations, after "digitector" insert "or an automatic detection device referred to in regulation 302(d) or (e)".

9. New regulation 307 substituted

For regulation 307 of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"307. Sealing of speed measuring devices

A prescribed speed measuring device is sealed in the prescribed manner for the purposes of section 79 of the Act if—

(a) in the case of an automatic detection device referred to in regulation 302(d) or (e), the speed calculation unit of the device is sealed—

(i)  by the testing officer who carried out the test under regulation 306; and

(ii) prevents interference with the
time measuring or speed
computing components of the

with a seal that effectively breaking the seal; and

(b) in the case of any other speed measuring device, the device is sealed—

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(i)	by the testing officer who carried out the test under regulation 306; and
(ii)	prevents interference with the time measuring or speed computing components of the

with a seal that effectively and

(c) the testing officer who sealed the speed calculation unit or device (as the case requires) inserts a signed record of the following particulars in a record kept for the purpose—

(i)

the identification number of the device (as the case requires); and

(ii)  the date on which the test was carried out; and

(iii)  the manner in which the speed calculation unit or device (as the case requires) was sealed.".

10. Use of radar devices

In regulation 310(d) of the Principal Regulations,
after "Kustom KR-10SP" insert ", the Kustom

Golden Eagle and the Kustom Silver Eagle".

11. New Division 3 of Part 3 inserted

After regulation 312 of the Principal Regulations insert—

"Division 3—Prescribed Processes

313. Process for production of printed image

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(1) An image or message is produced by a prescribed process for the purposes of sections 80(b), 80A and 81(b) of the Act if—

(a)	a printed image is produced from a digital file created by a control unit by the processes set out in sub-regulation (2); and
(b)	the data contained in the digital file has been verified by a computer—

(i)	recalculating the checksum for that file; and
(ii)	confirming that the checksum produced by the recalculation is identical to the checksum contained in that file; and

(c) derived from the digital image (with or

the printed image contains an image image) and a message indicating—

(i)  the date on which, and the time and place at which, the vehicle was driven; and

(ii)  the speed limit at that time and place; and

(iii)  the speed at which the vehicle was driven.

(2) The processes by which a digital file is

created by a control unit are—

(a) the image saved by the control unit is converted into a digital format (with or without compressing the image so saved); and

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(b) data indicating the following is saved—

(i)  the date on which, and the time and place at which, the vehicle to which the image relates was driven, as generated from data in the memory of the control unit; and

(ii)  the speed limit at that time and place; and

(iii) which the image relates was
driven, as transmitted to the

the speed at which the vehicle to calculation unit; and

(c)	a checksum is calculated for the digital file; and
(d)	the digital image, the data referred to in paragraph (b) and the checksum referred to in paragraph (c) are combined into one digital file.".

12. Certificate under section 83 of the Act

In Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations, for
"speed camera" substitute "automatic detection

device".

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NOTES

1 Reg 3: S.R. No. 27/1999 and subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 54/1999

and 120/1999.