Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (Vic)

Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations

1996

S.R. No. 136/1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objectives	1
2.	Authorising provision	1
3.	Principal Regulations	2
4.	Application of bus signals to other drivers	2
5.	Amendment of regulation 1504 of the Principal Regulations	2
6.	Amendment of regulation 1704 of the Principal Regulations	2

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STATUTORY RULES 1996

S.R. No. 136/1996

Road Safety Act 1986

Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations

1996

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 26 November 1996

Responsible Minister:

GEOFF CRAIGE

Minister for Roads and Ports

A. WILTSHIRE

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objectives

The objectives of these Regulations are—

(a)	to ensure that where a taxi or other vehicle is permitted to be driven in a bus lane the driver of the taxi or other vehicle is authorised to comply with traffic control signals that normally apply only to buses;
(b)	to permit the Corporation to approve a trailer for the carriage of passengers subject to any specified conditions; and
(c)	to correct an error in regulation 1704 of the Principal Regulations.

2. Authorising provision

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

Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

r. 3 S.R. No. 136/1996

3. Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Road Safety (Traffic)
Regulations 19881 are called the Principal

Regulations.

4. Application of bus signals to other drivers

After regulation 401(15) of the Principal

Regulations, insert—

"(15A) Sub-regulations (13), (14) and (15) apply to

the driver of a vehicle (other than a public
commercial passenger vehicle) that is
permitted to be driven in a bus lane under
regulation 514(3) while that vehicle is being
driven in a bus lane, as if that vehicle were a
public commercial passenger vehicle.".

5.  Amendment of regulation 1504 of the Principal Regulations

After regulation 1504(2)(d) of the Principal

Regulations, insert—

" ; or

(e) a trailer that has been approved by the Corporation for the carriage of passengers, and is being used in accordance with the conditions (if any) of that approval".

6.  Amendment of regulation 1704 of the Principal Regulations

In regulation 1704(1) of the Principal Regulations, for "1703" substitute "1702".

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Road Safety (Traffic) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.R. No. 136/1996 Notes

NOTES

1 S.R. No. 30/1988. Reprinted to S.R. No. 192/1995 and subsequently

amended by S.R. Nos 63/1996, 83/1996 and 104/1996.