Traffic (Road Rules) Amendment (Tasman Speed-limits) Regulations 2008 (TAS)

Traffic (Road Rules) Amendment (Tasman Speed-limits) Regulations 2008

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 December 2008

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. L. STURGES

Minister for Infrastructure

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Traffic (Road Rules) Amendment (Tasman Speed-limits) Regulations 2008 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RulesIn these regulations, the Traffic (Road Rules) Regulations 1999 are referred to as the Principal Rules. 4Rule 378A amended (Temporary default speed-limits for Kingborough and Tasman municipalities) Rule 378A of the Principal Rules is amended as follows: (a) by inserting in subrule (1) "for Kingborough" after "day"; (b) by inserting the following subrule after subrule (1) : (1A)  Until midnight on the prescribed day for Tasman, the default speed-limit under rule 25(3)(a) and (b) for any driver within the municipal area of Tasman is – (a) 90 kilometres per hour on a sealed length of road; and (b) 80 kilometres per hour on an unsealed length of road. (c) by omitting the definition of prescribed day from subrule (2) and substituting the following definitions: prescribed day for Kingborough means such day as the Minister, by public notice, nominates in respect of the municipal area of Kingborough; prescribed day for Tasman means such day as the Minister, by public notice, nominates in respect of the municipal area of Tasman;

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

Notified in the Gazette on 17 December 2008

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