Road Traffic Regulations Amendment (Greenmount Hill Speed Restriction) Regulations 1996 (WA)

1 November 1996] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5795

Amendment (areenmount Hill Speed Restriction) Regulations 1996.

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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AMENDMENT (GREENMOUNT

HILL SPEED RESTRICTION) REGULATIONS 1996

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Regulations

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Road Traffic Code 1975 amended

2.    (1) Regulation 103 (1) of the Road Traffic Code 1975* is amended -

(a)	in the definition of "de-restriction sign", by deleting ", other than an end local traffic area sign,";
(b)	in the definition of "restriction sign", by inserting after "local traffic area sign" the following -

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or a heavy vehicle speed zone sign "; and

(c) by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical positions the following definitions -

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"aggregate mass" in relation to a vehicle has the same

(Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977; meaning as that term has in the Road Traffic

"gross combination mass" in relation to a vehicle has the same meaning as that term has in the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977; ',

[* Reprinted as at 26 July 1995.

For amendments to 12 August 1996 see 1995 Index to Legislation

of Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 240.1 and Gazette 19 January 1996.1

(2) After regulation 1807 of the Road Traffic Code 1975 the following

regulation is inserted -

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Heavy vehicles on Greenmount Hill

1808.     (1) A person shall not drive a heavy vehicle in a heavy

vehicle speed zone at a speed exceeding 40 kilometres per hour.

(2) In this regulation -

"end of heavy vehicle speed zone sign" means a sign, erected near the boundary of a carriageway to face approaching drivers, that is substantially rectangular in shape and consists of the message "END OF HEAVY VEHICLE SPEED ZONE" in black lettering upon a white background;

"heavy vehicle" means a vehicle, other than an omnibus, that has, or together with any attached trailer has, a gross combination mass, an aggregate mass, or a laden mass, that is 22.5 tonnes or more;
"heavy vehicle speed zone"	means a length of

carriageway along the Great Eastern Highway on what is known as Greenmount Hill, defined at its beginning by means of a heavy vehicle speed zone sign and at its end by means of an end of heavy vehicle speed zone sign;

"heavy vehicle speed zone sign" means a sign, erected near the boundary of a carriageway to face approaching drivers, that is substantially rectangular in shape and consists of -

(a) the numerals "40" in black set within a red

circle; and

(b) the message "ALL VEHICLES 22.5 tonnes or

more" in brack lettering,

upon a white background. ,'

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Road Traffic (Drivers' Licences) Regulations 1975 amended

3. The Second Schedule to the Road Traffic (Drivers' Licences)

Regulations 1975* is amended in item 69 by inserting after "1807" the

following —

1808

[* Reprinted as at 11 June 1986.

For amendments to 12 August 1996 see 1995 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 241-2, and Gazette 19 January and 24 May 1996.)

Road Traffic (Infringements) Regulations 1975 amended

4. The First Schedule to the Road Traffic (Infringements) Regulations

1975* is amended by inserting after item 58C the following item —

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58D. Regulation Exceeding 40 km/h in Greenmount Hill

1808                 heavy vehicle speed zone by —

(a) not more than 9 km/h 25

(b) more than 9 km/h but not more

than 14 km/h 50

(c) more than 14 km/h but not more

than 29 km/h 75

(d)	more than 29 km/h but not more
than 44 km/h 120
(e) more than 44 km/h	200

[* Reprinted as at 4 June 1996.]

By His Excellency's Command,

J. PRITCHARD, Clerk of the Council.