Road Traffic (Bicycle Helmets) Amendment Act 1991 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ROAD TRAFFIC (BICYCLE

HELMETS) AMENDMENT ACT 1991

No. 46 of 1991

AN ACT to amend the Road Traffic Act 1974.

[Assented to 17 December 1991]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Bicycle Helmets)

Amendment Act 1991.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it

receives the Royal Assent.

No. 46] Road Traffic (Bicycle Helmets) Amendment Act 1991

Section 111 amended

3. Section 111 (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1974* is amended by

deleting paragraph (c) and substituting the following paragraph-

" (c) requiring the drivers and passengers of-

(i)     motor vehicles;

(ii)    2-wheeled or 3-wheeled vehicles that are designed to be propelled through a mechanism operated solely by human power; and

(iii)  2-wheeled or 3-wheeled vehicles that are power assisted pedal cycles,

to wear prescribed items of equipment, whether or not the

items are items required to be fitted to the vehicles; ".

[*Reprinted as at 4 April 1991.]