Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006
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National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006 Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 13 as amended made under the National Transport Commission Act 2003 This compilation was prepared on 28 February 2006 taking into account amendments up to SLI 2006 No. 12 Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2006C00112 Regulation 1 Contents 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 2 2 Commencement [see Note 1] 2 3 Road transport legislation — Australian Road Rules 2 Schedule 1 Text of the proposed Australian Road Rules Notes 384 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] These Regulations are the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006. 2 Commencement [see Note 1] These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered. 3 Road transport legislation — Australian Road Rules For section 7 of the National Transport Commission Act 2003 (the NTC Act), Schedule 1 sets out road transport legislation, in the form of Rules, about the rules to be followed by all road users. Note 1 The road transport legislation set out in Schedule 1 does not have the force of law (see paragraph 7 (2) (a) of the NTC Act). Note 2 These Regulations must be made in accordance with the Agreement (see subparagraph 3 (b) (ii) of the NTC Act). Note 3 These Regulations are not subject to disallowance — see the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, subsection 44 (2) (table, item 44) and the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004, regulation 8 and Schedule 2 item 7. 2 National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2006C00112 Regulation 3 Note 4 These Regulations are not subject to sunsetting — see the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, subsection 54 (2) (table, item 51) and the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004, regulation 9 and Schedule 3 item 4. Note 5 The proposed Australian Road Rules were prepared in the form of Regulations to be made under the Road Transport Reform (Vehicles and Traffic) Act 1993, and were approved in that form by the Ministerial Council for Road Transport on 29 January and 30 June 1999 and by the Australian Transport Council on 11 October 1999, but were never actually made as Regulations. The text set out in Schedule 1 is that of the proposed Rules as approved by the Council. It has been reformatted somewhat but is otherwise unaltered. National Transport Commission (Road Transport 3 Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2006C00112 Schedule 1 Text of the proposed Australian Road Rules Schedule 1 Text of the proposed Australian Road Rules (regulation 3) Contents Reader’s Guide 20 Part 1 Introductory Division 1 General 1 Australian Road Rules 27 2 Commencement 27 3 Object of the Australian Road Rules 27 Division 2 Some features of the Australian Road Rules 4 Definitions — the dictionary etc 27 5 Diagrams 28 6 Examples 28 7 Headings 28 8 Notes 28 9 Reader’s Guide 28 10 Offences 29 Part 2 Application of the Australian Road Rules Division 1 Roads and road-related areas 11 Australian Road Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and road-related areas 29 12 What is a road 30 13 What is a road-related area 30 Division 2 Road users and vehicles 14 Road users 31 15 What is a vehicle 31 4 National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2006C00112 Text of the proposed Australian Road Rules Schedule 1 16 Who is a driver 31 17 Who is a rider 32 18 Who is a pedestrian 32 19 References to driver includes rider etc 32 Part 3 Speed-limits 20 Obeying the speed-limit 33 21 Speed-limit where a speed-limit sign applies 33 22 Speed-limit in a speed-limited area 35 23 Speed-limit in a school zone 35 24 Speed-limit in a shared zone 37 25 Speed-limit elsewhere 38 Part 4 Making turns Division 1 Left turns at intersections 26 Division does not apply to certain turns 39 27 Starting a left turn from a road (except a multi-lane road) 39 28 Starting a left turn from a multi-lane road 40 29 Making a left turn as indicated by a road marking 43 Division 2 Right turns (except hook turns) at intersections 30 Division does not apply to certain turns 43 31 Starting a right turn from a road (except a multi- lane road) 44 32 Starting a right turn from a multi-lane road 46 33 Making a right turn 48 Division 3 Hook turns at intersections 34 Making a hook turn at a hook turn only sign 49 35 Optional hook turn by a bicycle rider 50 36 Bicycle rider making a hook turn contrary to no hook turn by bicycles sign 52 Division 4 U–turns 37 Beginning a U–turn 52 38 Giving way when making a U–turn 52 39 Making a U–turn contrary to a no U–turn sign 53 40 Making a U–turn at an intersection with traffic lights 54 National Transport Commission (Road Transport 5 Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2006C00112 Schedule 1 Text of the proposed Australian Road Rules 41 Making a U–turn at an intersection without traffic lights 54 42 Starting a U–turn at an intersection 54 Division 5 Turns into or from road-related areas or adjacent land 43 Starting and making turns 55 Part 5 Change of direction and stop signals Division 1 Change of direction signals 44 Division does not apply to entering or leaving a roundabout 56 45 What is changing direction 56 46 Giving a left change of direction signal 57 47 How to give a left change of direction signal 58 48 Giving a right change of direction signal 58 49 How to give a right change of direction signal 59 50 How to give a right change of direction signal by giving a hand signal 59 51 When use of direction indicator lights permitted 60 Division 2 Stop signals 52 Division does not apply to bicycle riders or certain tram drivers 60 53 Giving a stop signal 60 54 How to give a stop signal 60 55 How to give a stop signal by giving a hand signal 61 Part 6 Traffic lights and twin red lights Division 1 Obeying traffic lights 56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow 62 57 Stopping for a yellow traffic light or arrow 64 58 Exceptions to stopping for a red or yellow traffic light 66 59 Proceeding through a red traffic light 66 60 Proceeding through a red traffic arrow 67 61 Proceeding when traffic lights or arrows at an intersection change to yellow or red 67 6 National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2006C00112 Text of the proposed Australian Road Rules Schedule 1 Division 2 Giving way at traffic lights 62 Giving way when turning at an intersection with traffic lights 69 63 Giving way at an intersection with traffic lights not operating or only partly operating 71 64 Giving way at a flashing yellow traffic arrow at an intersection 72 65 Giving way at a marked foot crossing (except at an intersection) with a flashing yellow traffic light 72 Division 3 Twin red lights (except at level crossings) 66 Stopping for twin red lights (except at level crossings) 73 Part 7 Giving way Division 1 Giving way at a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line applying to the driver 67 Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at an intersection without traffic lights 75 68 Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at other places 77 69 Giving way at a give way sign or give way line at an intersection (except a roundabout) 78 70 Giving way at a give way sign at a bridge or length of narrow road 81 71 Giving way at a give way sign or give way line at other places 82 Division 2 Giving way at an intersection without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line applying to the driver 72 Giving way at an intersection (except a T– intersection or roundabout) 83 73 Giving way at a T–intersection 88 Division 3 Entering or leaving road-related areas and adjacent land 74 Giving way when entering a road from a road- related area or adjacent land 92 75 Giving way when entering a road-related area or adjacent land from a road 94 National Transport Commission (Road Transport 7 Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2006C00112 Schedule 1 Text of the proposed Australian Road Rules Division 4 Keeping clear of and giving way to particular vehicles 76 Keeping clear of trams travelling in tram lanes etc 95 77 Giving way to buses 96 78 Keeping clear of police and emergency vehicles 97 79 Giving way to police and emergency vehicles 98 Division 5 Crossings and shared zones 80 Stopping at a children’s crossing 98 81 Giving way at a pedestrian crossing 101 82 Overtaking or passing a vehicle at a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing 103 83 Giving way to pedestrians in a shared zone 103 Division 6 Other give way rules 84 Giving way when driving through a break in a dividing strip 104 85 Giving way on a painted island 105 86 Giving way in median turning bays 106 87 Giving way when moving from a side or shoulder of the road or a median strip parking area 107 Part 8 Traffic signs and road markings Division 1 Traffic signs and road markings at intersections 88 Left turn signs 109 89 Right turn signs 110 90 No turns signs 110 91 No left turn and no right turn signs 111 92 Traffic lane arrows 112 Division 2 Traffic signs and road markings generally 93 No overtaking or passing