Traffic Act 1960 (ACT)

56 No. 12. Traffic. 1960.

TRAFFIC.

No. 12 of 1960.

An Ordinance to amend the Traffic Ordinance

1937-1955.

Short title 1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Traffic Ordinance I960.*

and citation.

(2.) The Traffic Ordinance 1937-I955f is in this

Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Traffic Ordinance 1937-1960.

Definitions.	2. Section four of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting the definitions of " agricultural machine" and " pedestrian crossing ".
Walking	3. Section five of the Principal Ordinance is amended—
without due
care, &c.	(a) by omitting the words ", or drives or rides any vehicle, bicycle or animal upon a public street,"; and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the words—

"Penalty: Ten pounds.".

Repeal of	4. Section six of the Principal Ordinance is repealed.
Driver. &c,

section 6.

intoxicated.	5. Section seven of the Principal Ordinance is amended by adding at the end of sub-section (1.) the words—
" Penalty: Not less than Five pounds nor more than One hundred pounds, or imprisonment for not less than fourteen days or more than six months.".
Traffic not to
be obstructed.	6. Section twenty-one of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting paragraphs (b), (c) and (d),
Danger to
passengers of	7. Section twenty-four of the Principal Ordinance is 8. Sections twenty-five and twenty-seven of the Principal Ordinance are repealed and the following section is inserted in its stead:—
stationary	amended by omitting paragraph (a).
omnibus.

t Ordinance No. 32, 1937, as amended by No. 3, 1944; and No. 2, 1955.

Application to	"25.—(1.) The provisions of Part VI. (other than sub-
vehicles and
animals of	section (2.) of section fifty-six and section fifty-six v) and
rules of the
road in the	Part VlB. of the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1960 apply,
Motor Traffic	• Made on 16th December, 1960; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on 19th
Ordinance.	December, 1960.

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subject to this section, to the driver of a vehicle or the rider of an animal upon a public street in the same manner as they apply to the driver of a motor vehicle upon the public street.

" (2.) In the application of the provisions of the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1960 under this section, a reference to the driver shall be read as a reference to the driver or rider, as the case requires, and a reference to a motor vehicle shall be read as a reference to a vehicle or an animal, but other expressions used in those provisions have the same meanings as provided in that Ordinance.
" (3.) The driver of a vehicle or the rider of an animal upon a public street who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1960 applicable by virtue of this section commits an offence against this Ordinance and is liable upon conviction to the penalty provided in that provision or, where no penalty is expressly provided in that provision, to a penalty not exceeding One hundred pounds or imprisonment for six months.".

9. Section thirty-six of the Principal Ordinance is amended Arrest without

by omitting the words "twenty-seven or".

10. Section forty-one of the Principal Ordinance is amended Regulations.

by omitting paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).

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