Road Traffic Code Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2021 (WA)

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Road Traffic Act 1974

Road Traffic Code Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2021

SL 2021/87

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Road Traffic Code Amendment

These regulations amend the Road Traffic Code 2000.

Regulations (No. 2) 2021.

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 — on the day after that day.

3.	Regulations	amended
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4.            Regulations 285A and 285B replaced

Delete regulations 285A and 285B and insert:

285A. Exemption for operators of certain measuring

equipment

(1) In this regulation -
approved equipment means -

(a)	an average speed detection system, as defined in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 11713(l); or
(b)	speed measuring and recording equipment, as defined in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 117(1); or
(c)	speed measuring equipment, as defined in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 117(1).

(2) A provision set out in the Table does not apply to a
person if—

(a)	the person is acting in the course of their duty relating to the operation of approved equipment; and
(b)	the person is certified by the Commissioner of Police as being competent to operate the approved equipment; and
(c)	in the circumstances -

(i)      the person is taking reasonable care; and it is reasonable that the provision should not apply.

Table
Provision	Description

r. 76	Driving in an emergency stopping lane
r. 76A	Driving in an emergency stopping bay
r. 119	Driving on or across a traffic island, median strip or painted island
r. 140	Stopping in a no stopping area
r. 141	Stopping or parking in a no parking area

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Provision Description

r.	142	Stopping at the side of a carriageway with a yellow edge line
149	Stopping on a freeway
I	Stopping in an emergency stopping bay, emergency stopping lane or red X lane

r. 161	Stopping on a bridge or similar structure or in a tunnel or underpass
r. 165	Stopping on a path, dividing strip, nature strip or painted island

r.	166(1)	Obstructing access to or from a path
r.	173	Parking for longer than indicated
r.	175	Parking where fees are payable

r. 176(1), but only	Parallel parking on a carriageway
as it relates to subregulations (2), (6) and (7)
r. 177	Parallel parking in a median strip parking area
r. 178	Angle parking
r. 179	Parking in parking bays
r. 181	Failing to secure a motor vehicle

r. 195	Pedestrians on a road with a road access sign
r. 204	Pedestrians on part of a path designated for bicycles only
r. 253	Driving on paths
r. 254	Driving on a nature strip

285B. Exemption for operators of "red light" cameras

A provision set out in the Table does not apply to a person employed by the Commissioner of Police to install, clean, maintain or otherwise operate cameras

placed at intersections to record vehicles that do not
comply with traffic lights, when that person is acting in

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the course of their employment, if, in the

circumstances —

(a)	the person is taking reasonable care; and
(b)	it is reasonable that the provision should not apply.

Table

Provision Description

r. 140	Stopping in a no stopping area
r. 141	Stopping or parking in a no parking area
r. 142	Stopping at the side of a carriageway with a yellow edge line
r. 143(2)	Stopping within 20 m of an intersection with traffic-control signals
r. 158	Stopping in a shared zone
r. 165	Stopping on a path, dividing strip, nature strip or painted island
r. 173	Parking for longer than indicated
r. 175	Parking where fees are payable
r. 181(2)	Failing to secure a motor vehicle
r. 201	Person obstructing pedestrians or vehicles on a path or carriageway

r. 204	Pedestrians on part of a path designated for bicycles only
r. 253	Driving on paths
r. 254	Driving on a nature strip

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.