Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Power-Assisted Pedal Cycles) Regulation 2012 (NSW)

2012 No 623

New South Wales

Road Transport (Driver Licensing)

Amendment (Power-Assisted Pedal

Cycles) Regulation 2012

under the

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998.

DUNCAN GAY, MLC

Minister for Roads and Ports

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is extend the exemption of certain vehicles from the requirement to comply with certain driver licensing provisions under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 to include power-assisted pedal cycles.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998, including sections 19 (the general regulation-making power) and 20.

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Clause 1	Cycles) Regulation 2012

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Power-Assisted Pedal Cycles) Regulation 2012

under the

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment
(Power-Assisted Pedal Cycles) Regulation 2012.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the
NSW legislation website.

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Cycles) Regulation 2012
Amendment of Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2008	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment of Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2008

[1]      Clause 102 Other exemptions from licensing

Omit clause 102 (1) (c). Insert instead:

(c) any power-assisted pedal cycle within the meaning of vehicle standards, as amended from time to time, determined under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth,

[2]      Clause 102 (1), note

Insert at the end of the subclause:

Note. Power-assisted pedal cycle is defined in the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule – Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 determined under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth. The definition of power-assisted pedal cycle includes pedalecs within the meaning of that Standard (which may have one or more auxiliary propulsion motors generating a combined power output not exceeding 250 watts).

[3]      Clause 102 (2) (c)

Omit the paragraph. Insert instead:

(c) any power-assisted pedal cycle within the meaning of vehicle standards, as amended from time to time, determined under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth,