Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Child Restraining Device) Regulations 1999 (TAS)

Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Child Restraining Device) Regulations 1999

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Traffic Act 1925 .15 June 1999

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

P. A. LENNON

Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Child Restraining Device) Regulations 1999 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Traffic (General and Local) Regulations 1956 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 2 amended (Interpretation)Regulation 2(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of "carriageway" the following definitions: child restraining device means a child restraining device as defined in Division 7 of Part VIII of the Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 1968 ; child restraint anchorage means an anchorage designed specifically for anchoring a child restraining device to a motor vehicle; 5Regulation 8 amended (Offences)Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by omitting subregulation (1C) and substituting the following subregulations: (1C)  Subject to subregulations (1CA) and (1E), a person must not drive or cause or permit to be driven a private motor car in which any child under the age of one year old is being carried unless – (a) the child is restrained by a child restraining device properly anchored to the car by a child restraint anchorage; and (b) the child restraining device is properly adjusted and securely fastened. (1CA)  Subregulation (1C) does not apply if – (a) a private motor car is not fitted with any child restraint anchorage; or (b) the number of children under the age of one year old being carried in the car exceeds the number of child restraint anchorages fitted to the car. (1CB)  Subject to subregulations (1CC) and (1E), a person must not drive or cause or permit to be driven a private motor car if a child who is one year old or more and less than 16 years old is being carried in that car unless – (a) the child is restrained by a child restraining device or seat belt; and (b) the child restraining device or seat belt is properly adjusted and securely fastened. (1CC)  Subregulation (1CB) does not apply if – (a) a child restraining device or seat belt is not provided; or (b) all child restraining devices and seat belts are occupied by other persons. (b) by omitting from subregulation (1D) "17 years" and substituting "16 years"; (c) by inserting ", (1CA) or (1CB)" after "subregulation (1C)" in subregulation (1D); (d) by inserting ", (1CA), (1CB)" after "subregulation (1C)" in subregulation (1E); (e) by inserting "(1CA), (1CB)," after "subregulations (1C)," in subregulation (1F).

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 23 June 1999

These regulations are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the