Transport and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Transport and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 215 made under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 Contents Part 1 1 Part 2 2 3 Part 3 4 5 Part 4 6 7 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Amendment of State Penalties EnforcementRegulation 2000 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Amendment of sch 3 (Transport legislation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2010 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of sch 3 (Demerit points) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Insertion of new s 300D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 300D Driver must not damage rail infrastructure or obstruct level crossing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Transport and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Transport and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 . Part 2 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2000 2 Regulation amended This part amends the StatePenaltiesEnforcementRegulation 2000. 3 Amendment of sch 3 (Transport legislation) Schedule 3, entry for Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009— insert— ‘s 300D(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 300D(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 - -’. Page 2 2012 SL No. 215

Transport and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 3 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2010 [s 4] Part 3 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2010 4 Regulation amended This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2010. 5 Amendment of sch 3 (Demerit points) Schedule 3, part 3— insert— ‘3AB Driver must not damage rail infrastructure or obstruct level crossing ‘The number of points for a contravention of the Queensland Road Rules, section 300D(1) or (2) is 4.’. Part 4 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009 6 Regulation amended This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009. 7 Insertion of new s 300D Part 18, division 1— 2012 SL No. 215 Page 3

Transport and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 4 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009 [s 7] insert— ‘300D Driver must not damage rail infrastructure or obstruct level crossing ‘(1) A driver must not cause damage to rail infrastructure at a railway crossing, unless the driver has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. ‘(2) A driver driving near, on or through a level crossing must not cause an obstruction to the path of trains or other drivers through the level crossing, unless the driver has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. ‘(3) In this section— damage , to rail infrastructure, means damage that hinders or prevents the normal operation or use of the rail infrastructure. railway crossing means a level crossing, bridge or another structure used to cross over or under a railway. rail infrastructure means the following— (a) a warning bell, warning light, gate, boom or barrier; (b) rail transport infrastructure within the meaning of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 .’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 29 November 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 30 November 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Transport and Main Roads. © State of Queensland 2012 Page 4 2012 SL No. 215