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Road Safety (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

S.R. No. 132/2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1.     Objective

2.Authorising provision

3.Principal Regulations

4.Definition

5.Automatic detection devices

6.Prescribed processes

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STATUTORY RULES 2004

S.R. No. 132/2004

Road Safety Act 1986

Road Safety (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 26 October 2004

Responsible Minister:

PETER BATCHELOR
Minister for Transport

DIANE CASEY

Clerk of the Executive Council

1.  Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Road Safety (General) Regulations 1999 to prescribe procedures for obtaining evidence in relation to the speed and location of vehicles for the operation of cameras that are capable of operating in a speed mode or a red light mode.

2.Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986.

3.Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Road Safety (General) Regulations 1999[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

4.Definition

For the definition of "digital file" in regulation 105 of the Principal Regulations substitute—

' "digital file" means a file in a digital format, or electronic copy of such a file, which is created by a control unit and contains—

(a)digital images; and

(b)data indicating the date on which, and the time and place at which, the image was captured by a camera; and

(c)if the digital file is relevant to an offence of exceeding a speed limit, data indicating—

(i)the speed limit at that time and place; and

(ii)the speed of the vehicle to which the digital image relates; and

(d)if the digital image is relevant to an offence of disobeying a traffic control signal, data indicating the length of time for which that traffic control signal had been red; and

(e)the checksum for that file;'.

5.Automatic detection devices

In regulation 303(c)(iv) of the Principal Regulations, after "removable storage media" insert ", if any,".

6.Prescribed processes

(1)For regulation 313(1)(c)(ii) and (iii) of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"(ii)if the printed image is relevant to an offence of exceeding a speed limit, the speed limit at the time and place at which the vehicle was driven and the speed at which the vehicle was driven; and

(iii)if the printed image is relevant to an offence of disobeying a traffic control signal, the length of time for which that traffic control signal had been red.".

(2)For regulation 313(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"(ii)if the digital file is relevant to an offence of exceeding a speed limit—

(A)the speed limit at the time and place at which the vehicle was driven; and

(B)the speed at which the vehicle to which the image relates was driven, as transmitted to the control unit from the speed calculation unit; and

(iii)if the digital file is relevant to an offence of disobeying a traffic control signal, the length of time for which that traffic control signal had been red; and".

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[1] Reg. 3: S.R. No. 27/1999.  Reprint No. 2 as at 15 December 2002.  Reprinted to S.R. No. 114/2002 and subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 87/2003 and 88/2004.