Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural Implements) Amendment Regulations 1999 (WA)

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TRANSPORT

TR301*

Road Traffic Act 1974

Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural

Implements) Amendment Regulations 1999

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in
Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Towed
Agricultural Implements) Amendment Regulations 1999.

2.            Regulations 29A and 29B inserted

Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural

After regulation 29 of the inserted —

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29A. Director General may grant exemptions

(1) Subject to subregulation (4), the Director General may,

by notice published in the Gazette —

(a)	exempt any agricultural implement or any class or classes of agricultural implement from the operation of any of these regulations; and
(b)	vary or revoke a notice under paragraph (a).

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(2)	An exemption is subject to any conditions specified by the Director General in the notice.
(3)	If a condition to which an exemption is subject is not complied with, the exemption ceases to have effect.
(4)	A notice published under this regulation cannot limit the operation of regulation 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28 or 29.
29B.	Movements of combinations may be authorized by permits

(1) If the Director General is satisfied that it is appropriate

to do so in respect of a proposed movement of a
combination, the Director General may, subject to
subregulation (7), issue a permit under this regulation
that authorizes the combination to be moved on a road
otherwise than in accordance with any of these

regulations, as specified in the permit.

(2) A permit issued under this regulation must be in a form

approved by the Director General.

(3) A permit issued under this regulation is subject to -

(a)	the condition that it must be carried by the driver of the towing vehicle while the combination is being moved under the authority of the permit; and
(b)	any conditions that the Director General considers necessary to ensure the combination is moved safely that are specified in the permit.

(4) Without limiting paragraph (b) of subregulation (3), the

conditions that may be specified under that paragraph

include -
(a)	any speed limit to be observed by the person driving the towing vehicle;
(b)	the route to be followed by the combination;
(c)	the times during which the combination may be moved on a road; and
(d)	whether the combination must be accompanied by a police escort when being moved on a road.

(5) If a condition to which a permit issued under this
regulation is subject is not complied with, the permit
ceases to have effect.

(6) A permit issued under this regulation may be obtained

without payment of a fee and is valid for the period
specified in the permit.

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(7) A permit issued under this regulation cannot limit the

operation of regulation 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28 or 29.

[* Published in Gazette 12 May 1995, pp. 1809-18.

For amendments to 30 December 1998 see 1997 Index to

Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 237.]

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor,

ROD SPENCER, Clerk of the Executive Council.