Traffic Act 1909 Motor Traffic Amendment (Golf Course Exemption) Regulation 1997 (1997-693) [GG No 149 of 19.12.1997, p 10176] (NSW)

1997 No 693

New South Wales

Motor Traffic Amendment (Golf

Course Exemption) Regulation 1997

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.
CARL SCULLY, MP Minister for Roads
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Motor Traffic Regulations 1935:
•	to exempt motor vehicles that are used solely or mainly on golf courses or other designated areas associated with golf courses from the need to be registered and display number plates, and
•	to exempt drivers or riders of such motor vehicles from the need to be licensed. and

• to exempt persons on certain vehicles from wearing safety helmets. This Regulation is made under the Traffic Act 1909 (in particular section 3 (1) (a) and (11) and (2) (b) and (c)).

Published in Gazette No 149 of 19 December 1997, page 10176 Page 1

1997 No 693

Clause 1 Motor Traffic Amendment (Golf Course Exemption) Regulation 1997

Motor Traffic Amendment (Golf Course

Exemption) Regulation 1997

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Motor Traffic Amendment (Golf Course

Exemption) Regulation 1997.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 19 December 1997.

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.

1997 No 693

Motor Traffic Amendment (Golf Course Exemption) Regulation 1997

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]       Regulation 32C

Insert after Regulation 32B:

32C Vehicles used on golf courses

(1)

In this Regulation:
golf course means an area of land (which includes tees,
fairways, greens, rough, pathways, bunkers and bridges)
designed and used for the playing of golf.

(2)

A person is exempted from section 6 (1) of the Act in respect of any motor vehicle which is driven on a public street only:

(a)	for the purpose of being driven or drawn on a golf course, or
(b)	while proceeding from or returning to a car park or storage shed that adjoins a golf course or which is separated from a golf course only by a club building or similar facility or by a public street, or
(c)	for the purpose of being driven or drawn directly across a public street that intersects with or traverses a golf course if the driving or drawing is incidental to playing the game of golf.

[2] Regulation 110E Wearing of protective helmets

Omit Regulation 110E (2). Insert instead:

(2)

Clauses (1) and (1A) do not apply to any person who is
travelling:

(a)	in an enclosed hard-top cabin attached to, and forming part of, a motor tricycle, or
(b)	on a motor cycle the engine capacity of which does not exceed 50 ml while it is being used, either alone or together with any trailer, to carry a golfer or golfing equipment on a golf course within the meaning of Regulation 32C.