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Schedule 1—Model Amendments Regulations: Australian Road Rules—Package No. 7

Contents

                                          Page
1. Name
2. Purpose
3. Approval
4. Rules being amended by these Regulations
5. Giving way at an intersection with traffic lights not operating or only partly operating
6. Reduction of the distance a driver may drive in a tram lane
7. Crossing a level crossing
8. Insertion of rule 235A
9. Wearing of seatbelts by passengers under 7 years old
10. Exemption concerning television receivers and visual display units in motor vehicles
11. Removal of redundant signs
12. Insertion of new sign
Model Amendments Regulations: Australian Road Rules—Package No. 7

The following provisions are intended to provide the basis for nationally consistent transport laws on the topics with which they deal.  They do not, of themselves, have any legal effect.

1.  Name
  These Regulations are the Model Amendments Regulations: Australian Road Rules—Package No. 7.

2.  Purpose
  The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the Australian Road Rules –
 (a) to exclude roundabouts from the operation of rule 63 (giving way at an intersection with traffic lights not operating or only partly operating); and
 (b) to make further provision for the crossing of level crossings by pedestrians; and
 (c) to make changes concerning the seating and restraining of children under 7 years old in motor vehicles; and
 (d) to make other changes of a minor nature to improve the operation of those Rules.

3.  Approval
  These Regulations were approved by the Australian Transport Council on 25 January 2008.

4.  Rules being amended by these Regulations
  These Regulations amend the Australian Road Rules.

5.  Giving way at an intersection with traffic lights not operating or only partly operating
  In rule 63, after the diagram of the Traffic light‑stop sign following subrule (3) insert –
 "(4) Subrule (3) does not apply if the intersection is a roundabout.
Note 1: Roundabout is defined in the dictionary.
Note 2: Rule 114 requires a driver entering a roundabout to give way to any vehicle in the roundabout and to any tram that is entering or approaching the roundabout.".

6.  Reduction of the distance a driver may drive in a tram lane
  In rule 158(4)(a), after "bicycle lane" insert "or a tram lane".

7.  Crossing a level crossing
 (1) For the note after rule 235(1) substitute –
"Note 1: Level crossing is defined in rule 120.
Note 2: If the pedestrian facility is a footpath or shared path at which there is a red pedestrian light, rule 235A imposes further obligations on pedestrians using the facility.".
 (2) After rule 235(2) insert –
 "(2A) If any of the following events occurs after a pedestrian has started to cross a railway line, or tram tracks, at