Road Traffic Code Amendment Regulations 2000 (WA)
22 September 20001 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5435 TR301'
Road Traffic Act 1974
Road Traffic Code Amendment Regulations
2000
Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Code
Amendment Regulations 2000.2. Regulation 1210 replaced
connected with the official duty; or
Regulation 1210 of the Road Traffic Code 1975* is repealed and the following regulation is inserted instead —
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1210. Restrictions on flashing warning lights
(1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), a person shall not use a warning lamp displaying intermittent flashes on a vehicle. (2) Subregulation (1) does not extend to — (a) the use of a lamp displaying intermittent flashes of a colour or colours approved by the Director General, upon —
(i) a vehicle when conveying a police
officer on official duty or when that
vehicle is stationary at any place
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(ii) any other type of vehicle approved by
the Director General and used in
conformity with any conditions that maybe imposed by the Director General;
(b) the use of a lamp displaying intermittent red
flashes (or flashes of another colour or colours
approved by the Director General), upon -
(1) an emergency vehicle of a fire brigade
on official duty in consequence of a fire
or an alarm of fire or of an emergency
or rescue operation where human life is
reasonably considered to be in danger;(ii) an ambulance, answering an urgent call or conveying any injured or sick person to any place for the provision of urgent treatment;
(iii) an emergency vehicle being used to obtain or convey blood or other supplies, drugs or equipment for a person urgently requiring treatment and duly authorised to carry a siren or bell for use as a warning instrument; or
(iv) a vehicle authorised as an "emergency vehicle" for the purposes of these regulations, by the Director General;
(c) the use of a lamp displaying intermittent amber flashes (or flashes of another colour or colours approved by the Director General), upon -
(1) an emergency vehicle, or a vehicle
conveying a person who is authorised by the Director General under section 49 of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966;
(ii) a special purpose vehicle occupying a hazardous position on a road, while
stationary or manoeuvring at a speed not
exceeding 20 kilometres an hour;(iii) a vehicle engaged in road construction or maintenance within the provisions of regulation 103A(3) of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977; (iv)
stationary on the main travelled portion
of the carriageway and is displaying the
flashes from both sides of the front and
of the rear of the vehicle by means of a
flashing lamp turn signalling device
fitted in compliance with the Roada disabled motor vehicle that is Regulations 1977;
22 September 20001 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5437 (v) a pilot or escort vehicle travelling in front of or behind a vehicle or convoy of vehicles that exceed the maximum height, width, length or mass limitations under the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulation 1977 while that vehicle, or those vehicles, are subject to a permit issued under those regulations;
(vi) a pilot or escort vehicle when travelling in front of or behind a self-propelled agricultural implement, a towed agricultural implement or a convoy of such implements;
(vii) Board being used for official duties in
a vehicle owned by the King's Park regulation 1806(1);
(viii) that does not conform to the Road
Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulationsa self-propelled agricultural implement comply with the equipment described in regulation 404 of those regulations and the vehicle is travelling on a road;
(ix) a vehicle towing an agricultural implement, and that agricultural implement, when that implement does
not conform to the Road Traffic (Vehicle
Standards) Regulations 1977, but the
signalling devices comply with the
equipment described in regulation 404
of those regulations and the vehicle is
travelling on a road;
(x) a vehicle that is being used to drive stock along or across a road, where the flashing lamps comply with the equipment described in regulation 404 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977; (xi) a fire control vehicle (other than that of a fire brigade) which is used to control or extinguish fires, when that vehicle does not conform to the Road Traffic
(Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 in
relation to lighting equipment, but the
signalling devices comply with the
equipment described in regulation 404
of those regulations and the vehicle is
travelling to or from a fire or a fire
control exercise;
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(xii) a motor vehicle that is used solely or principally for the carriage of children to and from school, equipped to carry more than 8 adult persons (including the driver), when in the process of picking up or setting down school children;
(xiii) a vehicle or vehicle combination that exceeds the maximum height, width, length or mass limitations under the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards)
Regulations 1977, while that vehicle is subject to a condition of a permit issued under those regulations, requiring such lamps;
(d)
the use of flashing white lamps fitted within the illuminated sign of a taxi, upon a taxi, for the purpose of indicating that the driver is under attack or otherwise in distress; or
(e)
the use of a flashing light upon a bicycle, in compliance with, or as permitted under, regulation 3007 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not prohibit the use of flashing
lamp signalling devices —
(a) in accordance with regulation 804; (b) that are a part of an alarm system; or (c)
on military vehicles operated by the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth.
r Reprinted as at 23 September 1997. For amendments to 22 August 2000 see 1999 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 257-8.1
By Command of the Governor,
M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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