Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Speed Limits) Regulations 1999 (TAS)

Traffic (General and Local) Amendment (Speed Limits) 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 (Speed Limits) 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are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 7A substitutedRegulation 7A of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted: 7ASpeed limits for certain vehicles (1)  A person must not drive or use, or cause or permit to be driven or used, on a public street, at a speed greater than 100 kilometres an hour  – (a) a bus with a GVM exceeding 5 tonnes; or (b) any other vehicle with a GVM exceeding 12 tonnes. (2)  A person must not drive or use, or cause or permit to be driven or used, on a public street, at a speed greater than 80 kilometres an hour, a bus that is carrying a standing passenger. (3)  This regulation does not limit the operation of a speed restriction prescribed elsewhere in these regulations.

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