Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Motor Vehicle Security) Regulation 2000 (2000-745) [GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13565] (NSW)

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Road Transport (Safety and Traffic New South Wales

Management) (Road Rules)

Amendment (Motor Vehicle Security)

Regulation 2000

under the

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to enable the Roads and Traffic Authority to exempt certain classes of motor vehicle from a provision of the Australian Road Rules that requires the driver of a motor vehicle to switch off the vehicle’s engine and remove the ignition key before leaving the vehicle.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999, including section 71 (the general regulation-making power) and Schedule 1.

Published in Gazette No 168 of 22 December 2000, page 13565	Page 1
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Clause 1	Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Motor Vehicle Security) Regulation 2000

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management)
(Road Rules) Amendment (Motor Vehicle Security)
Regulation 2000

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Motor Vehicle Security) Regulation 2000.

2 Amendment of Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999

The Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules)

Regulation 1999 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules)

Amendment (Motor Vehicle Security) Regulation 2000

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]     Part 2, Division 3

Insert after the matter relating to Rule 207 (2) (a) in the Table to the note to the Division:

213   22A

[2]     Clause 22A

Insert after clause 22:

22A Exemption from certain motor vehicle security requirements

(1)

The Authority may, by order in writing, exclude any class of motor vehicles from the operation of rule 213 (3) (a) and (4) (a) of the Australian Road Rules if it is satisfied:

(a)	that such vehicles are used for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods (including money) in circumstances that require the drivers of those vehicles to enter and leave those vehicles at frequent intervals, and
(b)	that the engines of such vehicles have to be kept running in order to operate equipment used in connection with the use of those vehicles for that purpose.

(2)

Such an order may be made subject to such conditions as the
Authority considers appropriate.

(3)

For the purposes of rule 213 (2) of the Australian Road Rules, the driver of a vehicle to which an order under this clause applies is exempt from the operation of rule 213 (3) (a) and (4) (a) of the Australian Road Rules so long as the driver complies with any condition to which the order is subject.

BY AUTHORITY