Roads Act 1993 Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Flexible Warning Signs) Regulation 2001 (2001-367) [GG No 93 of 1.6.2001, p 3013] (NSW)

2001 No 367

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and New South Wales

Access) Amendment (Flexible Warning

Signs) Regulation 2001

under the

Roads Act 1993

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Roads Act 1993.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note

The Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996 provides for certain oversize and overmass vehicles to carry a warning sign that must be made of material that is stiff. The object of this Regulation is to allow these warning signs to be made of flexible material as long as the sign is held taut, is unlikely to furl, become dislodged from its position or otherwise become difficult to read by other road users.

This Regulation also requires warning signs to display the brand and class of retro- reflective material used in the sign, as well as the sign manufacturer’s name or logo. This Regulation is made under the Roads Act 1993, including section 264A.

Published in Gazette No 93 of 1 June 2001, page 3013	Page 1
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Clause 1	Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Flexible Warning Signs) Regulation 2001

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access)
Amendment (Flexible Warning Signs)
Regulation 2001

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access)
Amendment (Flexible Warning Signs) Regulation 2001.

2 Amendment of Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996

The Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

2001 No 367

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Flexible

Warning Signs) Regulation 2001

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]     Schedule 2 Oversize and overmass vehicles

Omit clause 42 (4). Insert instead:

(4) The warning sign must display the sign manufacturer’s name or logo, and the brand and class of retro-reflective material used, in block letters not more than 10 mm high.

[2]     Schedule 2, clause 43

Omit clause 43 (2). Insert instead:

(2) Despite subclause (1), a warning sign may be made of a flexible material if the sign is mounted in such a way that it is held taut and unlikely to furl, become dislodged from its position or otherwise become difficult to read by other road users.

(3) A flexible warning sign must comply with all other

requirements of this Part as if it were a stiff sign.

(4) A warning sign must be kept in such a condition that its

message can be easily read by other road users.

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