Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Power-Assisted Pedal Cycles) Regulation 2012 (NSW)

2012 No 624

New South Wales

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)

Amendment (Power-Assisted Pedal

Cycles) Regulation 2012

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.

DUNCAN GAY, MLC

Minister for Roads and Ports

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to extend the exemption of certain pedal cycles from the application of provisions in the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007 concerning the registration of registrable vehicles to include power-assisted pedal cycles.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997, including sections 14 (the general regulation-making power) and 16.

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2012 No 624	Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Power-Assisted Pedal
Clause 1	Cycles) Regulation 2012

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment

(Power-Assisted Pedal Cycles) Regulation 2012

under the

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)
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.

3 Amendment of Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007

Schedule 1 Application of Act and Regulation

Omit clause 15. Insert instead:

15      Power-assisted pedal cycles

The registration provisions do not apply to any registrable vehicle that is a 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.

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).