Road Transport (General) Act 1999 Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment (Motor Vehicle Frontal Protection Systems) Regulation 2002 (2002-1008) [GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10826] (NSW)

Case
No judgment structure available for this case.

2002 No 1008

Road Transport (General) (Penalty New South Wales

Notice Offences) Amendment (Motor

Vehicle Frontal Protection Systems)

Regulation 2002

under the

Road Transport (General) Act 1999

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to introduce penalties for fitting non-complying bullbars, roobars, nudge bars and other frontal protection systems to motor vehicles. This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, including sections 15 and 71 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 263 of 20 December 2002, page 10826 Page 1
[4]
2002 No 1008
Clause 1 Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment (Motor
Vehicle Frontal Protection Systems) Regulation 2002

Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences)
Amendment (Motor Vehicle Frontal Protection
Systems) Regulation 2002

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment (Motor Vehicle Frontal Protection Systems) Regulation 2002.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 January 2003.

3 Amendment of Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 2002

The Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences)

Regulation 2002 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Page 2

2002 No 1008

Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment (Motor

Vehicle Frontal Protection Systems) Regulation 2002

Amendment Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 3)

Schedule 2 Penalty notice offences

Insert after paragraph (u) in the matter relating to clause 57 (1) (a) of the

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1998:

(v) clause 25 (3), motor vehicle manufactured on or after 1, 2 99
1 January 2003 (except if the model of the vehicle is a
model of a kind manufactured before 1 January 2003) that
has a GVM of not more than 3.5 tonnes and that is fitted
with a vehicle frontal protection system (such as bullbar,
roobar or nudge bar) failing to comply with
AS 4876.1—2002, Motor Vehicle Frontal Protection
Systems, Part 1: Road User Protection because of:

(i)        incorrect method of mounting vehicle frontal protection system, or

(ii)       exposed edges, or

(iii)      unacceptable shape of material or unacceptable profile of vehicle frontal protection system, or

(iv)      use of non-standard or non-approved vehicle frontal protection system, or

(v)       dangerous protrusions (such as fishing rod holders, aerials, winches and brackets for the mounting of spot lamps) fitted to vehicle frontal protection system.

BY AUTHORITY

Page 3