Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Variation Regulations 2014 (SA)

South Australia

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

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 1999

4            Insertion of regulation 24AB

24AB       Entering a bicycle storage area

5            Variation of regulation 25—Riders 12 years old or older not to ride on footpath unless accompanying child

6            Insertion of regulation 38A

38A         Bicycle storage area

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Variation Regulations 2014.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

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 1999

4—Insertion of regulation 24AB

After regulation 24A insert:

24AB—Entering a bicycle storage area

Despite anything in rule 247A, a rider of a bicycle approaching a bicycle storage area at an intersection that has traffic lights or traffic arrows showing a red traffic light or red traffic arrow may enter the bicycle storage area other than from a bicycle lane if there is no bicycle lane from which the bicycle storage area can be entered.

5—Variation of regulation 25—Riders 12 years old or older not to ride on footpath unless accompanying child

Regulation 25—after "must not ride on a footpath" insert:

unless he or she—

(a)is 18 years old or older; and

(b)is accompanying a rider of a bicycle who is under 12 years old.

6—Insertion of regulation 38A

After regulation 38 insert:

38A—Bicycle storage area

For the purposes of the Rules and the definition of bicycle storage area in the dictionary at the end of the Rules—

bicycle storage area means an area of road before an intersection with traffic lights—

(a)that has painted on it 1 or more bicycle symbols; and

(b)that is between 2 parallel stop lines, regardless of whether the lines are of equal length,

but does not include any stop line.

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 16 January 2014

No 13 of 2014

MRS13/05CS