Road Safety Road Rules Amendment (Electric Scooters) Rules 2023 (Vic)

Road Safety Road Rules Amendment (Electric Scooters) Rules 2023

S.R. No. 22/2023

table of provisions

Rule  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Principal Rules

5Keeping a sufficient distance when passing to the right side of a bicycle or an electric scooter

6Note to Division 2 of Part 15 amended

7Rules 262A and 262B revoked

8Riding electric scooters on certain roads

9Minimum age requirement for riding an electric scooter

10Dictionary

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Endnotes

statutory rules 2023

S.R. No. 22/2023

Road Safety Act 1986

Road Safety Road Rules Amendment (Electric Scooters) Rules 2023

The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy, with the advice of the Executive Council, makes the following Rules:

Dated: 4 April 2023

Responsible Minister:

MELISSA HORNE
Minister for Roads and Road Safety

ANGELA SMITH

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Rules is to amend the Road Safety Road Rules 2017 to make further provision for the use of electric scooters on roads and road related areas.

2Authorising provision

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

3Commencement

These Rules come into operation on 5 April 2023.

4Principal Rules

In these Rules, the Road Safety Road Rules 2017[1] are called the Principal Rules.

5Keeping a sufficient distance when passing to the right side of a bicycle or an electric scooter

(1)In rule 144A(3)(b) of the Principal Rules, for "50 kilometres per hour" substitute "60 kilometres per hour".

(2)In the note at the foot of rule 144A(3)(b) of the Principal Rules, for "50 kilometres per hour" substitute "60 kilometres per hour".

6Note to Division 2 of Part 15 amended

In note 2 at the beginning of Division 2 of Part 15 of the Principal Rules, for "Electric scooter, electric scooter use area and commercially operated share scheme are" substitute "Electric scooter is".

7Rules 262A and 262B revoked

Rules 262A and 262B of the Principal Rules, including the notes at the foot of those rules, are revoked.

8Riding electric scooters on certain roads

In rule 262D(1) of the Principal Rules, for "50 kilometres per hour" substitute "60 kilometres per hour".

9Minimum age requirement for riding an electric scooter

In rule 262F of the Principal Rules, for "18 years of age" substitute "16 years of age".

10Dictionary

In the dictionary to the Principal Rules—

(a)in the definition of electric scooter, in paragraph (e), for "20 kilometres per hour" substitute "25 kilometres per hour";

(b)the definitions of commercially operated share scheme and electric scooter use area are revoked.

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ENDNOTES

[1] Rule 4: S.R. No. 41/2017 as amended by S.R. Nos 6/2018, 87/2018, 88/2018, 96/2019, 121/2019, 153/2019, 121/2020, 35/2021, 111/2021, 135/2021, 30/2022, 38/2022 and 7/2023.