Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2004 (Qld)

Queensland Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2004 Subordinate Legislation 2004 No. 212 made under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 Part 3 5 6 7 8 Part 4 9 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation2000 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of sch 3 (Transport legislation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road UseManagement—Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of s 23 (Allocation of demerit points) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Insertion of new ss 24 and 24A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 24 Additional demerit points for driver seatbelt offences 5 24A Additional demerit points for motorbike rider helmet offences ............................... 6 Amendment of sch 3 (Demerit points) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road UseManagement—Road Rules) Regulation 1999 Regulation amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) No. 212, 2004 2004 10 Amendment of s 268 (How persons must travel in or on a motor vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

s1 3 s4 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) No. 212, 2004 2004 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2004 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 November 2004. Part 2 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2000 3 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation2000. 4 Amendment of sch 3 (Transport legislation) (1) Schedule 3, entry for the TrafficRegulation1962 , entry for section 76 — omit, insert— ‘s 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 13 / 15 9 1 / 3 ’. (2) Schedule 3, entry for the TransportOperations(RoadUseManagement—RoadRules)Regulation1999 , entries for the following sections — • 256(1) • 256(2) • 264(1) • 265(1) • 266(1)

s4 4 s4 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) No. 212, 2004 2004 • 268(1) • 268(2) • 270(1) • 298 omit. (3) Schedule 3, entry for the TransportOperations(RoadUseManagement—Road Rules) Regulation 1999— insert— ‘s 256(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 256(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 264(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 265(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 266(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 268(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 268(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 268(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 268(4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 270(1)(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 270(1)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 270(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 298. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 3 3 3 1 13 / 15 1 13 / 15 1 13 / 15 1 13 / 15 3 3 3 1 11 / 15 5 5 15 15 15 9 1 / 3 9 1 / 3 9 1 / 3 9 1 / 3 15 15 15 8 2 / 3 ’.

s5 5 s7 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) No. 212, 2004 2004 Part 3 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 5 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the TransportOperations(RoadUseManagement—Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999. 6 Amendment of s 23 (Allocation of demerit points) (1) Section 23(2)(c), after ‘offence’— insert — ‘under this section or section 24’. (2) Section 23(3), ‘The’— omit, insert — ‘Subject to section 24, the’. (3) Section 23(4), ‘The demerit points’— omit, insert— ‘Demerit points allocated under subsection (3)’. 7 Insertion of new ss 24 and 24A After section 23— insert— ‘24 Additional demerit points for driver seatbelt offences ‘(1) This section applies to each driver seatbelt offence for which demerit points are recorded on a person’s traffic history under section 23. ‘(2) Each time further demerit points are recorded on the person’s traffic history under section 23 for a later driver seatbelt offence committed within 1 year after the driver seatbelt

s8 6 s8 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) No. 212, 2004 2004 offence was committed, 3 additional demerit points are to be allocated for the later driver seatbelt offence. ‘(3) The additional demerit points are taken to be allocated on the day the later driver seatbelt offence was committed. ‘(4) In this section— driver seatbelt offence means an offence against the Queensland Road Rules, section 264(1) or 266(1) 1 committed after the commencement of this section. ‘24A Additional demerit points for motorbike rider helmet offences ‘(1) This section applies to each motorbike rider helmet offence for which demerit points are recorded on a person’s traffic history under section 23. ‘(2) Each time further demerit points are recorded on the person’s traffic history under section 23 for a later motorbike rider helmet offence committed within 1 year after the motorbike rider helmet offence was committed, 3 additional demerit points are to be allocated for the later motorbike rider helmet offence. ‘(3) The additional demerit points are taken to be allocated on the day the later motorbike rider helmet offence was committed. ‘(4) In this section— motorbike rider helmet offenc e means an offence against the Queensland Road Rules, section 270(1)(a) or (b) 2 committed after the commencement of this section.’. 8 Amendment of sch 3 (Demerit points) (1) Schedule 3— insert— 1 Queensland Road Rules, section 264 (Wearing of seatbelts by drivers) or 266 (Wearing of seatbelts by passengers under 16 years old) 2 Queensland Road Rules, section 270 (Wearing motorbike helmets)

s9 7 s9 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) No. 212, 2004 2004 ‘7B Driving with person in or on trailer or prohibited part of vehicle ‘The number of points for a contravention of each of the following provisions of the Queensland Road Rules is 3— • section 268(4A) • section 268(4B) • section 298. ‘7C Driving vehicle with more than maximum number of persons or weight ‘The number of points for a contravention of the TrafficRegulation 1962 , section 76 is 3.’. (2) Schedule 3, section 10— insert— ‘• section 265(1) • section 270(1)(b) • section 270(2).’. (3) Schedule 3, section 14— renumber and relocate as schedule 3, section 7A. Part 4 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 1999 9 Regulation amended in pt 4 This part amends the TransportOperations(RoadUseManagement—Road Rules) Regulation 1999.

s 10 8 s 10 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) No. 212, 2004 2004 10 Amendment of s 268 (How persons must travel in or on a motor vehicle) Section 268— insert— ‘(4A) The driver of a motor vehicle must not drive with a passenger in or on a part of the vehicle that is not a part designed primarily for the carriage of passengers or goods. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. ‘(4B) The driver of a motor vehicle must not drive with a passenger in or on a part of the vehicle that is a part designed primarily for the carriage of goods if the part is not enclosed. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 7 October 2004. 2 Notified in the gazette on 8 October 2004. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Transport. © State of Queensland 2004