Road Traffic (Red Light Offences) Amendment Act 2011 (SA)

South Australia

Road Traffic (Red Light Offences) Amendment Act 2011

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 (Red Light Offences) Amendment Act 2011.

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 1961

4Amendment of section 79B – Provisions applying where certain offences are detected by photographic detection devices

1. (1)

   Section 79B(1), definition of prescribed offence, (b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:

   1. (b)

      an offence against this Act prescribed by regulation; or

2. (2)

   Section 79B(1), definition of prescribed offence, (d)—delete paragraph (d) and substitute:

   1. (c)

      an offence against the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 prescribed by regulation;

3. (3)

   Section 79B(1), definition of red light offence—delete "or traffic arrows" and substitute:

   , traffic arrows or twin red lights

4. (4)

   Section 79B(1)—after the definition of speeding offence insert:

   traffic arrows, traffic lights and twin red lights have the same respective meanings as in the Australian Road Rules.

5Insertion of section 79D

After section 79C insert:

79D—Report on Community Road Safety Fund

1. (1)

   The administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under the Minister, responsible for the administration of this Act must, on or before 30 September in each year, present a report to the Minister on the operation of the Community Road Safety Fund during the previous financial year.

2. (2)

   The report must include details of the following:

   1. (a)

      each source of any monies paid into the Fund and the amount paid into the Fund from each source;

   2. (b)

      the manner in which any money expended from the Fund was applied;

   3. (c)

      any matter required by this Act or another law to be included in the report.

3. (3)

   A report under this section may be incorporated into the annual report of the relevant administrative unit.

4. (4)

   The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament within 12 sitting days after the report is received by the Minister.