Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Amendment Regulations 1991 (WA)

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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS)

AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1991

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1.  These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards)

Amendment Regulations 1991.

Commencement

- 2. These regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1992.

Principal regulations

3. In these regulations the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations

1977* are referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Reprinted in the Gazette of 18 August 1982 at pp.3177-3247.

For amendments to 7 November 1991 see 1990 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, pp.355-356 and the Gazette of 22 February 1991.]

1 January 1992 "; and

Regulation 103B amended

4. Regulation 103B of the principal regulations is amended in paragraph (b)

by inserting after "1008," the following —

tt 1027, ".

Regulation 104 amended

5. Regulation 104 of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) in the definition of "Australian Design Rule" in paragraph (b) by
deleting "30 March 1990" and substituting the following —

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(b) by inserting in the correct alphabetical position the following
definition —

C C

"speed limiter device" means a device which when fitted to a vehicle limits the maximum speed at which the vehicle is capable of being driven;

Regulation 108 inserted

6.   After regulation 107 of the principal regulations the following regulation

is inserted —

Offence of tampering with a speed limiter device

CC

108. Where —

(a)	under regulation 1027; or
(b)	under regulation 1108 (by the application of a requirement in an Australian Design Rule),

a vehicle is fitted with a speed limiter device, any person who tampers with or modifies that device and thereby causes the vehicle to be capable of being driven at a speed that exceeds 100 kilometres per hour commits an offence.

Penalty: $500.

Regulation 1027 inserted

7. After regulation 1026 of the principal regulations the following

regulation is inserted —

Speed limiter devices

1027. (1) Unless specifically exempted by the Board,

every —

(a)	goods vehicle with a manufacturers gross vehicle mass exceeding 15 tonnes; and
(b)	omnibus, other than a route service omnibus, with a manufacturers gross vehicle mass exceeding 14.5 tonnes,

shall, on and after the relevant day, be fitted with a speed limiter device that limits the maximum speed at which the vehicle is capable of being driven to 100 kilometres per hour or less.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to, or in relation to, a

vehicle —

(a)	that is manufactured before 1 January 1988; or
(b)	that is already required under regulation 1108 (by
the application of a requirement in an Australian Design Rule) to be fitted with a speed limiter device.

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(3) In subregulation (1), "relevant day", in relation to a vehicle, means the first day on which the vehicle is registered or the registration of the vehicle is renewed (as the case may be) after the commencement of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Amendment Regulations 1991. 11

Regulation 1108 amended

8.   Regulation 1108 of the principal regulations is amended in subregulation

(1) by deleting "64/00" and substituting the following -

66/00

By His Excellency's Command,

L. M. AULD, Clerk of the Council.