Road Traffic Code Amendment Regulations 2019 (WA)

2488 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 28 ,June 2019

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Road Traffic Act 1974

Road Traffic Code Amendment

Regulations 2019

Made by the deputy of the Governor in Executive Council.

These regulations amend the Road Traffic Code 2000.

1.      Citation

These regulations are the Road Traffic Code Amendment Regulations 2019.
2.	Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — when the Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018 Part 6 comes into operation.

3.      Regulations amended

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4.      Regulation 3 amended

(1)	In regulation 3(1) delete the definition of taxi.
(2)	In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

on-demand rank or hail vehicle authorisation means a
passenger transport vehicle authorisation (as defined in
the Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018
section 4(1)) that authorises the operation of the
vehicle for use in providing an on-demand rank or hail
passenger transport service (as defined in that section);
passenger transport vehicle has the meaning given in
the Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018
section 4(1);
taxi means a vehicle used or intended to be used in
providing an on-demand rank or hail passenger
transport service (as defined in the Transport (Road

Passenger Services) Act 2018 section 4(1));

(3)	In regulation 3(1) in the definition of public bus delete
"operative as a taxi using taxi plates issued under the Taxi Act 1994 or licensed as a taxi-car under Part IIIB of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966;" and insert:
in relation to which an on-demand rank or hail vehicle authorisation is in force;

5.      Regulation 230 amended

In regulation 230 delete the definition of omnibus.

6.      Other provisions amended

Amend the provisions listed in the Table as set out in the Table. Table

Provision Delete Insert

r. 233(2A)	taxi, bus, omnibus	passenger transport
(each occurrence)	vehicle, bus
r. 233(3)	an omnibus or taxi	a passenger transport vehicle
r. 234(13)	taxi or omnibus	passenger transport vehicle
r. 234(13)(a) and (b)	taxi or omnibus	vehicle

D.