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National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 155
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Transport Commission Act 2003.
Dated 17 July 2008

  P. M. JEFFERY
  Governor‑General
  By His Excellency's Command

  ANTHONY ALBANESE
  Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Model legislation — Australian Road Rules

  For section 7 of the National Transport Commission Act 2003 (the NTC Act), Schedule 1 sets out model legislation, in the form of amending Regulations, about the rules to be followed by all road users.

Note 1   The model legislation set out in Schedules 1 and 2 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.

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 amendments set out in Schedule 1 were approved by the Australian Transport Council on 29 September 2006.

4 Amendment of National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006

  Schedule 1 amends the text set out in Schedule 1 to the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006 as if a reference in Schedule 1 to a provision of the Australian Road Rules were a reference to the corresponding provision in that text.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)

[1] Part 14, Division 2, heading, after note 2

insert

Note 3   Rules that apply to users of wheeled recreational devices also apply to users of motorised scooters — see the definitions of wheeled recreational device and motorised scooter in the dictionary.

[2] Part 14, Division 2, after rule 244

insert

244A Meanings of scooter and motorised scooter

 (1) In these Rules:
scooter means a device that:
 (a) has 2 or more wheels and a footboard supported by the wheels; and
 (b) is steered by handlebars; and
 (c) is designed to