Traffic Act 1909 Motor Traffic Amendment (Visiting Motor Vehicle) Regulation 1997 (1997-695) [GG No 149 of 19.12.1997, p 10181] (NSW)

1997 No 695

New South Wales

Motor Traffic Amendment (Visiting

Motor Vehicle) 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 so that small box trailers that are exempt from registration in Victoria may travel in New South Wales as visiting motor vehicles so long as they are being towed by vehicles that are registered in Victoria and comply with certain other specified requirements.

This Regulation is made under the Traffic Act 1909, including sections 3 (11) and 6.

Published in Gazette No 149 of 19 December 1997, page 10181 Page 1

1997 No 695

Clause 1 Motor Traffic Amendment (Visiting Motor Vehicle) Regulation 1997

Motor Traffic Amendment (Visiting Motor

Vehicle) Regulation 1997

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Motor Traffic Amendment (Visiting Motor

Vehicle) Regulation 1997.

2 Amendment of Motor Traffic Regulations 1935

The Motor Traffic Regulations 1935 are amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

1997 No 695

Motor Traffic Amendment (Visiting Motor Vehicle) Regulation 1997

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]        Regulation 33A Visiting and other motor vehicles

Insert after Regulation 33A (1) (e):

( f )

any trailer (other than a trailer used to carry a boat) that:

(i)	satisfies the prescribed requirements, and
(ii)	is being towed by a motor vehicle that is registered in Victoria, and
(iii)	if it obscures the number-plate of that motor vehicle, displays (whether by painting or otherwise) on its rear the registration number of the vehicle so that the number is clearly distinguishable at a distance of 20 metres from the rear.

[2]        Clause 33A (4)

Insert after 33A (3):

(4)

In this Regulation, the prescribed requirements in
relation to a trailer are that the trailer:

(a)	is not used in the course of trade, and
(b)	is exempt from registration in Victoria, and
(c)	weighs less than 200 kilograms unladen, and
(d)	has a manufactured width that does not exceed the width of the vehicle towing the trailer, and
(e)	is of a length (including the draw bar and any load) that does not exceed 3 metres.