Traffic Act 1909 Motor Traffic Amendment (Bicycle Lanes) Regulation 1996 (1996-270) [GG No 77 of 28.6.1996] (NSW)

1996 No 270

New South Wales

Motor Traffic Amendment (Bicycle

Lanes) Regulation 1996

under the

Traffic Act 1909

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has
made the following Regulation under the Traffic Act 1909.

MICHAEL KNIGHT, MP
Minister for Roads

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Motor Traffic Regulations

1935:

(a)	to permit the driving and parking of motor vehicles in bicycle lanes in limited circumstances, and
(b)	to remove references to 2 traffic control signs relating to bicycle lanes that it is intended will be replaced by other existing traffic control signs having the same meaning.

This Regulation is made under the Traffic Act 1909, including section 3 (the general regulation making power) and section 4D.

Published in Gazette No 77 of 28 June 1996, page 3366 Page 1

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Clause 1 Motor Traffic Amendment (Bicycle Lanes) Regulation 1996

Motor Traffic Amendment (Bicycle Lanes)

Regulation 1996

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Motor Traffic Amendment (Bicycle Lanes)

Regulation 1996.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 1994.

3     Amendment of Motor Traffic Regulations 1935

The Motor Traffic Regulations 1935 are amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Motor Traffic
Regulations 1935

(Clause 3)

[1]        Regulation 54 Traffic control signs

Omit Regulation 54 (6) (ah).

[2]        Regulation 54 (6) (ap)

Omit “37A,”.

[3]        Regulation 54 (6) (ap)

Omit “38A,”.

[4]        Regulation 54, Schedule

Omit Diagrams 37 and 38.

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Motor Traffic Amendment (Bicycle Lanes) Regulation 1996

Amendment of Motor Traffic Regulations 1935 Schedule 1

[5]        Regulation 54C

Insert after Regulation 54B:

54C Bicycle lanes

(l)

In this Regulation, bicycle lane means a lane marked along a public street for the passage of bicycles that:

(a)	begins at a sign similar to the form of the sign illustrated in Diagram 37A in the Schedule to Regulation 54, and
(b)	ends at the nearest of the following beyond the beginning of the lane:

(i)       a sign similar to the form of the sign illustrated in Diagram 38A in the Schedule to Regulation 54,

(ii)      an intersection,

(iii) a dead end.

(2)

The driver of a motor vehicle must not drive the motor
vehicle in a bicycle lane.

(3)

Clause (2) does not prevent a person driving a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane for not more than 100 metres for the purpose of:

(a)	turning into or from the street with the bicycle lane, or
(b)	overtaking on the left of a vehicle turning right, or
(c)	stopping or parking the motor vehicle in accordance with a traffic control sign and these Regulations, or
(d)	re-entering the traffic stream after having stopped or parked the motor vehicle in or adjacent to the bicycle lane.

(4)

Nothing in this Regulation authorises a person driving a motor vehicle to turn into or from a street, overtake on the left of a vehicle turning right or re-enter the traffic stream after having stopped or parked the motor vehicle if to do so would contravene another provision of these Regulations.