Road Safety (General) (Prescribed Devices and Other Amendments) Regulations 2007

S.R. No. 156/2007

table of provisions

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1 Objective 1

2 Authorising provision 1

3 Commencement 1

4 Principal Regulations 2

5 Prescribed laser devices 2

6 Prescribed radar devices 2

7 Use of automatic detection devices 2

8 Use of radar devices 2

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Road Safety (General) (Prescribed Devices and Other Amendments) Regulations 2007

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 18 December 2007

Responsible Minister:

TIM PALLAS

Minister for Roads and Ports

melissa van rossum

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

1 Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Road Safety (General) Regulations 1999 to prescribe additional speed measuring devices and to make amendments relating to automatic detection devices consequential to the commencement of the Justice and Road Legislation Amendment (Law Enforcement) Act 2007.

2 Authorising provision

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

3 Commencement

(1) These Regulations (except regulation 7) come into operation on the day that they are made.

(2) Regulation 7 comes into operation on the day that section 12 of the Justice and Road Legislation Amendment (Law Enforcement) Act 2007 comes into operation.

4 Principal Regulations

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

5 Prescribed laser devices

In regulation 105 of the Principal Regulations, in the definition of laser device, after paragraph (d), insert––

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"(e) the Pro-Lite;

(f) the Pro-Lite +;".

6 Prescribed radar devices

In regulation 105 of the Principal Regulations, in the definition of radar device, after paragraph (e), insert––

"(f) the Silver Eagle II;

(g) the Stalker Dual DSR;

(h) the Directional Golden Eagle II;".

7 Use of automatic detection devices

In regulation 303 of the Principal Regulations for "and 84(7)" substitute ", 84(7) and 84H(2)(a)".

8 Use of radar devices

In regulation 310 of the Principal Regulations––

(a) for "digital speed display" (wherever occurring) substitute "digital target speed display";

(b) in paragraph (d), for "and the Kustom Golden Eagle" substitute ", the Kustom Golden Eagle, the Silver Eagle II, the StalkerDual DSR, and the Directional Golden Eagle II".

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[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 27/1999. Reprint No. 3 as at 1 July 2006. Reprinted to S.R. No. 82/2006. Subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 158/2006, 175/2006, 71/2007 and 73/2007.