Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) (South Eastern Freeway Offences) Variation Regulations 2019 (SA)

South Australia

Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) (South Eastern Freeway Offences) Variation Regulations 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 (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2014

4            Insertion of regulation 9C

9C          Low gear offence (rule 108) not applicable to drivers of trucks or buses on prescribed road

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) (South Eastern Freeway Offences) Variation Regulations 2019.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Statutes Amendment (Vehicle Inspections and South Eastern Freeway Offences) Act 2017 comes into operation.

3—Variation provisions

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

Part 2—Variation of Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2014

4—Insertion of regulation 9C

After regulation 9B insert:

9C—Low gear offence (rule 108) not applicable to drivers of trucks or buses on prescribed road

Despite anything in rule 108 (Trucks and buses low gear signs), rule 108(1) does not apply to the driver of a truck or bus driving on a length of road to which a trucks and buses low gear sign applies if that length of road is a length of prescribed road for the purposes of section 45C of the Act (Speed and gear restrictions for trucks and buses on prescribed roads).

Note—

A prescribed road for the purposes of section 45C of the Act is a portion of RN 04500 South Eastern Freeway (or adjacent land) defined in regulation 61A of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2014.

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 regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 21 March 2019

No 26 of 2019

MTIL19/012CS