Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1997 (WA)

23 December 1997]	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	7441
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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (No. 2) 1997

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

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

Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1997.

Commencement

2.     These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Road

Traffic Amendment Act 1997 comes into operation.

Principal regulations

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

1977* are referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Reprinted as at 29 July 1996.

For amendments to 8 December 1997 see 1996 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p.237 and Gazette 31 January and 13 May 19971

" forty-eight penalty units (48 PU) "; and

Regulation 105 amended

4.     (1) Regulation 105 (1) of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) in paragraph (a) by deleting "$200" and substituting the following —

" eight penalty units (8 PU) "; and

(b)	in paragraph (b) by deleting "$400" and substituting the	following —
" sixteen penalty units (16 PU) ".

(2) Regulation 105 (2) of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) in paragraph (a) by deleting "$600" and substituting the

following —

" twenty-four penalty units (24 PU) "; and

(b)	in paragraph (b) —
(i) by deleting "$1 200" and substituting the following —

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(ii) by deleting "$3 600" and substituting the following -

one hundred and forty-four penalty units (144 PU)

(3) The Table to regulation 105 (4) of the principal regulations is deleted

and the following Table is substituted -

Table

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Percentage Excess Mass Minimum Maximum

on Tyre or Axle Penalty Penalty

PU PU

Not more than 11%	1	3
More than 11% but not more than 16%	2	5
More than 16% but not more than 21%	3	7
More than 21% but not more than 26%	4	9
More than 26% but not more than 31%	5	11
More than 31% but not more than 36%	6	13
More than 36% but not more than 41%	7	15
More than 41% but not more than 46%	8	17
More than 46% but not more than 51%	9	19
More than 51% but not more than 56%	10	21
More than 56%	10

and for each additional 5% 1 2

(4) The Table to reulation 105 (5) of the principal regulations is deleted

and the following Table is substituted -

Table

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Percentage Excess Mass Minimum Maximum

on Axle Group Penalty Penalty

PU PU

Not more than 10%	1	5
More than 10% but not more than 12%	2	7
More than 12% but not more than 14%	3	9
More than 14% but not more than 17%	4	11
More than 17% but not more than 19%	5	13
More than 19% but not more than 22%	6	15
More than 22% but not more than 25%	7	17
More than 25% but not more than 27%	8	19
More than 27% but not more than 30%	9	21
More than 30% but not more than 32%	10	23
More than 32%	10

and for each additional 2% 1 2

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(5) The Table to replation 105 (6) of the principal regulations is deleted

and the following Table is substituted —

Table

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Percentage Excess Mass on	Minimum	Maximum
Vehicle or Combination of Vehicles	Penalty	Penalty

PU PU

Not more than 11%	1	5
More than 11% but not more than 15%	2	8
More than 15% but not more than 18%	3	11
More than 18% but not more than 21%	4	14
More than 21% but not more than 25%	5	18
More than 25% but not more than 28%	6	21
More than 28% but not more than 31%	7	24
More than 31% but not more than 35%	8	30
More than 35% but not more than 38%	9	35
More than 38% but not more than 41%	10	39
More than 41%	10

and for each additional 3% 1 4

(6) Regulation 105 (7) of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) in paragraph (1) by deleting "$400" and substituting the following —

" sixteen penalty units (16 PU) "; and

(b) in paragraph (g) by deleting "$800" and substituting the following —

" thirty-two penalty units (32 PU) ".

Regulation 108 amended

5.     Regulation 108 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

"Penalty: $500." and substituting the following —

" Penalty: Twenty penalty units (20 PU). ".

By Command of the Governor, M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.