Road Traffic (Traffic Experiment—Road Trains) Regulations 2010 (SA)

South Australia

Road Traffic (Traffic Experiment—Road Trains) Regulations 2010

under the Road Traffic Act 1961

Contents

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Interpretation

4            Variation of speed limit

5            Expiry of regulations

Legislative history

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Traffic Experiment—Road Trains) Regulations 2010.

2—Commencement

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

3—Interpretation

In these regulations—

Act means the Road Traffic Act 1961;

Department means the administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under the Minister, responsible for the administration of the Act;

prescribed traffic experiment means the traffic experiment (consisting of 1 or more components) approved by the Minister and conducted by or on behalf of the Department for the purpose of assessing a 100 kilometre per hour speed limit for road trains;

road train has the same meaning as in regulation 9A of the Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1999.

4—Variation of speed limit

(1)This regulation applies in relation to a driver of a road train while he or she is taking part in the prescribed traffic experiment.

(2)Pursuant to section 176(3) of the Act, regulation 9A(1) of the Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1999 is varied in relation to a driver to whom this regulation applies by deleting "90 kilometres per hour" and substituting "100 kilometres per hour".

5—Expiry of regulations

These regulations will expire 6 months after the day on which they were made.

Note—

The Governor may, by additional regulations, extend the period of operation of these regulations for any period not exceeding 3 months for any 1 extension—see section 176(3) of the Act.

Legislative history

Notes

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or of regulations

The Road Traffic (Traffic Experiment—Road Trains) Regulations 2010 expired on 17.12.2010: see r 5.

Principal regulations

Year	No	Reference	Commencement
2010	152	Gazette 17.6.2010 p3100	17.6.2010: r 2