Traffic (Miscellaneous) Amendment (Wheeled Recreational Devices and Wheeled Toys) Regulations 2001 (TAS)

Traffic (Miscellaneous) Amendment (Wheeled Recreational Devices and Wheeled Toys) Regulations 2001

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 .25 June 2001

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 (Miscellaneous) Amendment (Wheeled Recreational Devices and Wheeled Toys) Regulations 2001 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on 1 July 2001. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 1968 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 101 amended (Offences)Regulation 101 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2) and (3). 5Schedule 3A amended (Traffic Infringement Notices)Part 2 of Schedule 3A to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from item 246 "on/in" and substituting "in/on"; (b) by inserting in item 247 "(other than in/on wheeled recreational device)" after "road"; (c) by inserting in item 248 "(other than in/on wheeled recreational device)" after "road"; (d) by omitting item 250; (e) by inserting the following items after item 250:

250A.	Fail to keep left when travelling in/on wheeled recreational device on road (not road-related area)	TRRR 241(1)(a)	35	0	P112
250B.	Travel more than 2 abreast of a pedestrian or vehicle in/on wheeled recreational device on road (not road-related area)	TRRR 241(1)(b)	35	0	P116
250C.	Fail to keep to left of footpath or shared path when travelling in/on wheeled recreational device	TRRR 242(1)(a)	35	0	P124
250D.	Fail to give way to a pedestrian (other than one in/on wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy) when travelling in/on wheeled recreational device on footpath or shared path	TRRR 242(1)(b)	35	0	P132
250E.	Travel in/on wheeled recreational device on a road-related area in no wheeled devices zone	TRRR 371A(1)	35	0	P180
250F.	Travel in/on wheeled recreational device without reasonable consideration for other road users	TRRR 371E(b)	35	0	P200

(f) by inserting the following items after item 252:

252A.	Travel in/on wheeled recreational device on road (not road-related area) with dividing line/median strip/or one-way road with more than 1 marked lane	TRRR 240(1)	50	0	P100
252B.	Rollerblader (or similar) travelling on pedestrian part of separated footpath	TRRR 243(1)	50	0	P140
252C.	Rollerblader (or similar) fail to keep out of path of bicycle when travelling on bicycle path or part of separated footpath designated for bicycles	TRRR 243(2)	50	0	P145
252D.	Travel in/on wheeled recreational device on road (not road-related area) at night	TRRR 371C(1)	50	0	P185
252E.	Travel in/on wheeled recreational device on road (not road-related area) with a speed limit over 60km/h	TRRR 371D(1)	50	0	P190
252F.	Travel in/on wheeled recreational device without due care and attention	TRRR 371E(a)	50	0	P195

(g) by inserting the following item after item 259:

259A.  Travel in/on wheeled recreational device while holding onto a moving vehicle TRRR 244 80 0 P170

(h) by omitting item 501; (i) by omitting items 814 and 815 and substituting the following items:

814.	Cyclist fail to keep to left of footpath or shared path	TRRR 250(2)(a)	50	0	BC22
815.	Cyclist fail to give way to pedestrian on footpath or shared path	TRRR 250(2)(b)	50	0	BC24

(j) by omitting item 851.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 29 June 2001

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

(a) prescribe new traffic infringement notice offences relating to cyclists and the users of wheeled recreational devices (such as rollerblades, skateboards and scooters); and (b) rescind obsolete traffic infringement notice offences, and other offence provisions, relating to those and certain other matters; and (c) make corrections to the schedule of traffic infringement notice offences by way of statute law revision.