Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Riding Bicycles) Regulations 1999 (TAS)

Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Riding Bicycles) 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 .8 March 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 (Riding Bicycles) 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 16C amended (Offences)Regulation 16C(2) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (e) and substituting the following paragraphs: (e) abreast of more than one other bicycle proceeding in the same direction on a carriageway, except for the purpose of overtaking those bicycles; or (f) abreast of another bicycle proceeding in the same direction on a shared or segregated footway or bicycle path, unless it is safe to do so.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 17 March 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