Road Traffic (Emergency Service Speed Zones) Amendment Act 2013 (SA)

South Australia

Road Traffic (Emergency Service Speed Zones) Amendment Act 2013

An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1Preliminary1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Emergency Service Speed Zones) Amendment Act 2013.

2Commencement

This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2Amendment of Road Traffic Act 19614Substitution of section 83

Section 83—delete the section and substitute:

83—Speed in emergency service speed zone

1. (1)

   A person must not, while driving through an emergency service speed zone, drive at a speed greater than—

   1. (a)

      25 kilometres per hour; or

   2. (b)

      if a lesser speed is required in the circumstances to avoid endangering any person—that lesser speed.

   Note—

   The penalty for a contravention against this section is set out in section 164A.

2. (2)

   Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is driving on a road that is divided by a median strip and the emergency service speed zone is on the other side of the road beyond the median strip.

3. (3)

   In this section—

emergency service speed zone means an area of road—

1. (a)

   in the immediate vicinity of an emergency vehicle that has stopped on the road and is displaying a flashing blue or red light (whether or not it is also displaying other lights); or

2. (b)

   between 2 sets of flashing blue or red lights that have been placed by an emergency worker at either end of a length of road on which an emergency vehicle has stopped;

emergency vehicle means a vehicle used by an emergency worker;

emergency worker means a police officer or a person who is an emergency worker as defined by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

5Amendment of section 175 – Evidence

Section 175(1)—after paragraph (a) insert:

1. (ab)

   a specified length of road was, during a specified period, an emergency service speed zone within the meaning of section 83; or

6Review of operation of Act

1. (1)

   The Minister must cause a review of the operation of the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1961 enacted or amended by this Act to be conducted, and a report on the results of the review to be submitted to him or her.

2. (2)

   The review must be completed, and the report submitted to the Minister, before the third anniversary of the commencement of this section.

3. (3)

   The Minister must, within 12 sitting days after receiving the report under this section, cause copies of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.