Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00576:schedule:1:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00576
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 7/9)
Character Range: 19095–21591

of the phone; or
 (b) the vehicle is an emergency vehicle or a police vehicle; or
 (c) the driver is exempt from this rule under another law of this jurisdiction.
Offence provision.
Note: Emergency vehicle, park and police vehicle are defined in the dictionary.
 (2) For the purposes of this rule, a mobile phone is secured in a mounting affixed to the vehicle if, and only if—
 (a) the mounting is commercially designed and manufactured for that purpose; and
 (b) the mobile phone is secured in the mounting, and the mounting is affixed to the vehicle, in the manner intended by the manufacturer.
 (3) For the purposes of this rule, a driver does not use a phone to receive a text message, video message, email or similar communication if:
 (a) the communication is received automatically by the phone; and
 (b) on and after receipt, the communication itself (rather than any indication that the communication has been received) does not become automatically visible on the screen of the phone.
 (4) In this rule:
affixed to, in relation to a vehicle, includes forming part of the vehicle;
body, in relation to a mobile phone, means the part of the phone that contains the majority of the phone's mechanisms;
held includes held by, or resting on, any part of the driver's body, but does not include held in a pocket of the driver's clothing or in a pouch worn by the driver;
mobile phone does not include a CB radio or any other two‑way radio;
use, in relation to a mobile phone, includes any of the following actions by a driver:
 (a) holding the body of the phone in her or his hand (whether or not engaged in a phone call), except while in the process of giving the body of the phone to a passenger in the vehicle;
 (b) entering or placing, other than by the use of voice, anything into the phone, or sending or looking at anything that is in the phone;
 (c) turning the phone on or off;
 (d) operating any other function of the phone.".

15.  Insertion of rule 353
  After rule 352 insert –
"353  References to pedestrians crossing a road
 (1) If a driver who is turning from a road at an intersection is required to give way to a pedestrian who is crossing the road that the driver is entering, the driver is only required to give way to the pedestrian if the pedestrian's line of travel in crossing the road is essentially perpendicular to the edges of the road the driver is entering – the driver is not required to give way to a pedestrian who is crossing the road the driver is leaving.