Road Traffic (Light Vehicle Standards) (Emergency Vehicles and Other Matters) Variation Rules 2019 (SA)

South Australia

Road Traffic (Light Vehicle Standards) (Emergency Vehicles and Other Matters) Variation Rules 2019

under the Road Traffic Act 1961

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Road Traffic (Light Vehicle Standards) Rules 2018

4            Variation of rule 3—Definitions

5            Substitution of rule 20

20          Compliance with requirement to have particular equipment

6            Variation of rule 52—Tyre tread

7           Variation of rule 122—Performance of braking systems

8            Variation of rule 144A—Hydrogen-powered vehicles

9            Variation of rule 144B—Electric-powered vehicles

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Light Vehicle Standards) (Emergency Vehicles and Other Matters) Variation Rules 2019.

2—Commencement

These rules come into operation on 1 July 2019.

3—Variation provisions

In these rules, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified rules varies the rules so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Road Traffic (Light Vehicle Standards) Rules 2018

4—Variation of rule 3—Definitions

1. Rule 3(1), definition of emergency vehicle, (c), (d)—delete paragraphs (c) and (d) and substitute:

   (c)a person engaged in the provision of emergency ambulance services under section 57(1) of the Health Care Act 2008 on behalf of—

   (i)SA Ambulance Service Inc; or

   (ii)St John Ambulance Australia South Australia Incorporated,

   or any other person engaged in the provision of emergency ambulance services under section 57(1) of that Act;

   (d)a person engaged in the provision of emergency ambulance services under section 57(2)(a) of the Health Care Act 2008;

2. Rule 3(1), definition of State Government enforcement vehicle—after paragraph (c) insert:

   (ca)an authorised officer under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) (other than a police officer, or an officer of a council referred to in section 519 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) as modified by section 17 of the local application provisions of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) Act 2013);

3. Rule 3(1), definition of street rod vehicle—after "means" insert:

   a vehicle that

4. Rule 3(1), definition of street rod vehicle, (a)—delete "a vehicle that"

5—Substitution of rule 20

Rule 20—delete the rule and substitute:

20—Compliance with requirement to have particular equipment

(1)A vehicle is taken to have equipment mentioned in the Light Vehicle Standards only if the equipment is—

(a)in working order; and

(b)if the equipment is fitted to a trailer that is being towed by an eligible towing vehicle and the equipment must be connected to the eligible towing vehicle to perform its intended function—connected to the eligible towing vehicle.

(2)In this rule—

eligible towing vehicle, for a trailer, means a towing vehicle that has equipment that is capable of being connected to the equipment fitted to the trailer.

6—Variation of rule 52—Tyre tread

1. Rule 52(2)—after "deep" insert:

   in all principal grooves on the tyre

2. Rule 52—after subrule (3) insert:

   (4)In this rule—

   principal grooves, in relation to a tyre, means wide grooves, other than secondary grooves—

   (a)usually positioned in the central zone of the tyre tread but that may run across the tyre tread; and

   (b)in which tread wear indicators are usually located;

   secondary grooves, in relation to a tyre, means shallow grooves in the tyre tread that may disappear during the life of the tyre through wear;

   tread wear indicators, in relation to a tyre, means projections within a groove of the tyre that indicate the degree of wear on the tyre's tread.

7—Variation of rule 122—Performance of braking systems

Rule 122(4), (5), (6) and (7)—after "metres a second" (wherever occurring) insert:

a second

8—Variation of rule 144A—Hydrogen-powered vehicles

1. Rule 144A(1)—after "2019" insert:

   , or a vehicle modified to be a hydrogen-powered vehicle after 1 January 2019,

2. Rule 144A(2)(b)(i)—delete "25 millimetres" and substitute:

   20 millimetres

9—Variation of rule 144B—Electric-powered vehicles

1. Rule 144B(1)—after "2019" insert:

   , or a vehicle modified to be an electric-powered vehicle after 1 January 2019,

2. Rule 144B(2)(b)(i)—delete "35 millimetres" and substitute:

   30 millimetres

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these rules come into operation as set out in these rules.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 27 June 2019

No 179 of 2019

MTIL19/026CS