Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Lights) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

2004 No 214

New South Wales

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)

Amendment (Lights) Regulation 2004

under the

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)

Regulation 1998 so as:

(a)	to specify that where number plates of different sizes are issued in relation to a vehicle, the larger number plate is required to be attached to the rear of the vehicle, and
(b)	to remove an outdated reference to certain manuals, and
(c)	to prohibit the use of blue lights on vehicles other than police vehicles and certain emergency vehicles, and
(d)	to make it clear that police vehicles and vehicles used by the Roads and Traffic Authority are not required to have a light mounted on top of the vehicle, and
(e)	to make it clear that requirements relating to visibility of warning lights on oversize vehicles and pilot and escort vehicles contained in the Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996 are to prevail over inconsistent requirements in the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1998.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997, including sections 14 (the general regulation-making power), 15 (2) (h) and 15A (2) (c).

Published in Gazette No 77 of 30 April 2004, page 2247 Page 1

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Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment

(Lights) Regulation 2004

under the

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)
Amendment (Lights) Regulation 2004.

2 Amendment of Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1998

The Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1998 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 24 Display of number-plates

Insert after clause 24 (1) (e):

, and

(f) in the case of a motor vehicle for which number-plates of different sizes are issued—the larger of the number- plates is affixed to the rear of the vehicle.

[2]      Schedule 4 Vehicle Standards

Omit clause 2 (2) and (3). Insert instead:

(2)	The provisions of this Schedule (other than this clause) do not apply to any plant that is not constructed on a chassis normally used in the construction of a motor lorry.
(3)	However, any such plant must comply with any vehicle standards or technical specifications approved by the Authority in relation to the plant.

[3]      Schedule 4, clause 123 (2)

Omit “subclause (3) or (4)”.
Insert instead “subclause (3), (4) or (5)”.

[4]      Schedule 4, clause 123 (2) (a)

Insert “or rotates” after “flashes”.

[5]      Schedule 4, clause 123 (2) (b) (iv)

Insert after clause 123 (2) (b) (iii):

, or

(iv)      shows a blue light.

[6]      Schedule 4, clause 123 (4A) and (4B)

Insert after clause 123 (4):

(4A) Despite subclause (4), a police vehicle is not required to have
a light mounted on top of the vehicle.

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(4B) Despite subclause (4), a vehicle used by the Authority is not
required to have a light mounted on top of the vehicle.

[7]      Schedule 4, clause 123 (8)

Insert after clause 123 (7):

(8) Subclause (7) does not apply to the extent that it is inconsistent with a requirement of the Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996 relating to oversize vehicles or pilot or escort vehicles.

BY AUTHORITY