Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural Implements) Amendment Regulations 2010 (WA)

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Road Traffic Act 1974

Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural Implements)

Amendment Regulations 2010

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in

Executive Council.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural
Implements) Amendment Regulations 2010.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

Part 2 — Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural Implements)

Regulations 1995 amended

3.             Regulations amended

This Part amends the Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural
Implements) Regulations 1995.

4.             Regulation 3 amended

(1)	In regulation 3(1) delete the definitions of:
towed implement towing vehicle
(2)	In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

towed vehicle means a vehicle that is being towed by a

towing vehicle;

towing vehicle means a motor vehicle that is towing an
agricultural implement or 2 or more vehicles that
include an agricultural implement;

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5.             Regulation 4 amended

Delete regulation 4(1) and insert:

(1) If a towed vehicle is being towed on a road at
night-time there must be fitted to the towed vehicle,
and connected electrically to the towing vehicle,
lighting equipment which complies with —

(a) if the towed vehicle is a trailer —

(i)      the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 2002 Part 8; or

(ii) these regulations;

or

(b) if the towed vehicle is not a trailer — these regulations.

6.             Various references to “implement” amended

In the provisions listed in the Table delete “implement” (each
occurrence) and insert:

vehicle 

Table

r. 6(1), (1)(a) and (2)	r. 8(b)
r. 9(a)	r. 10(2)
r. 12(2)	r. 13(1), (2)(a) and (b) and (3)
r. 14(4)(b) and (c)	r. 16(1)
r. 25(1)(a) and (3)

7.             Various provisions amended

Amend the provisions listed in the Table as set out in the Table.

Table

Regulation Delete Insert

r. 5(c) and (d)	agricultural implement	towed vehicle
r. 7(1), 8, 9	implement, the rear	vehicle, the rear
implement	vehicle
r. 7(2), 24(a)	an agricultural	a towed vehicle
implement

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Regulation	Delete	Insert
r. 14(1)	implement, to the	vehicle, to the
implement	vehicle
implement	vehicle
r. 14(3)(b)	(third occurrence)
implement	vehicle
r. 14(3)(c)	(second occurrence)

8.             Regulation 18 amended

(1)	In regulation 18 delete “An” and insert:
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), an
(2)	At the end of regulation 18 insert:
(2) If a motor vehicle is being towed in an agricultural combination, the agricultural combination must not travel at a speed exceeding 20 km/h below the local speed limit or, where the local speed limit is 70 km/h or more, 50 km/h.

9.             Regulation 19 amended

In regulation 19(1) and (2) delete “G.P.O.” and insert:

intersection of St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street, Perth,

10.           Regulation 23 amended

In regulation 23 delete “0.45 sq m” and insert:

450 mm square

11.           Regulation 29 replaced

Delete regulation 29 and insert:

29AA.	Vehicles other than agricultural implements
(1)	A vehicle, other than an agricultural implement, that —

(a)	has a GVM exceeding 4.5 t; or
(b)	exceeds 2.5 m in width,

must not be towed in an agricultural combination.

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(2)	Subject to subregulation (3), if a motor vehicle or pig trailer is being towed in an agricultural combination, the motor vehicle or pig trailer must be the rearmost vehicle in the agricultural combination.
(3)	A motor vehicle or pig trailer must not be towed in an agricultural combination if the towing apparatus of another vehicle in the agricultural combination does not have the towing capacity to tow the motor vehicle or pig trailer.
(4)	A vehicle, other than an agricultural implement, that is being towed in an agricultural combination must be attached to the vehicle in front of it by —

(a)	a coupling which complies with the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 and the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 2002; or
(b)	if the towed vehicle is a motor vehicle — a towing apparatus of a kind approved by the Director General.

29.           Limit on number of towed vehicles

(1) The maximum number of agricultural implements that
may be towed in an agricultural combination is —

(a)	if no other vehicles are being towed in the agricultural combination — 3 agricultural implements; or
(b)	if one other vehicle is being towed in the agricultural combination — 2 agricultural implements.

(2) A maximum of one vehicle that is not an agricultural
implement may be towed in an agricultural
combination.

12.           Regulation 29B amended

In regulation 29B(7) delete “27, 28 or 29.” and insert:

27 or 28.

Part 3 — Road Traffic Code 2000 amended

13.           Code amended

This Part amends the Road Traffic Code 2000.

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14.           Regulation 278 amended

After regulation 278(7) insert:

(8) If there is an inconsistency between a provision of this regulation and a provision of the Road Traffic (Towed Agricultural Implements) Regulations 1995, the latter prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

15.           Regulation 279 amended

Delete regulation 279(2) and insert:

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to the
towing of —

(a)	an articulated vehicle in accordance with the Road Traffic (Tow Truck) Regulations 1975; or
(b)	Road Traffic Regulations 1995

a vehicle in accordance with the .

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

PETER CONRAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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