South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
"the Act" means the Road Traffic Act 1961 ;
"ADR" (Australian Design Rule) means a national standard under the
Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth, as in force from
time to time;
"approved courier" means a person approved by the Commissioner of Police as a
courier for the purposes of Schedule 1 of the Act;
"B-double" means a combination consisting of a prime mover towing 2
semi-trailers where the first semi-trailer is connected to the prime mover by
a fifth wheel coupling and the second semi-trailer is connected to the first
semi-trailer by a fifth wheel coupling;
"bicycle trailer" means a trailer built for being towed by a bicycle;
"car" means a motor vehicle built mainly to carry people that—
(a)
seats not over 9 adults (including the driver); and
(b) has
a body commonly known as a sedan, station wagon, coupe, convertible or
roadster; and
(c) has
4 or more wheels;
"car-type utility" or "car-type panel van" means a motor vehicle of the kind
commonly known as a utility or panel van of the same make as a factory
produced car and in which the forward part of the body and the greater part of
the mechanical equipment are the same as those in the car;
"Central Inspection Authority" means the Central Inspection Authority
established by Part 4A of the Act;
"converter dolly" means a trailer with 1 tandem axle group or single axle and
a fifth wheel coupling, designed to convert a semi-trailer into a dog trailer;
"expiation notice" means an expiation notice under the Expiation of Offences
Act 1996 ;
"expiation reminder notice" means an expiation reminder notice under the
Expiation of Offences Act 1996 ;
"fifth wheel coupling" means a device, other than the upper rotating element
and the kingpin (which are parts of a semi-trailer), used with a prime mover,
semi-trailer, or a converter dolly to permit quick coupling and uncoupling and
to provide for articulation;
"GTM" (gross trailer mass) means the maximum loaded mass transmitted to the
ground by the axles of a trailer when it is connected to a towing
vehicle—
(a) as
specified by the manufacturer; or
(b) as
specified by an Australian Authority if—
(i)
the manufacturer has not specified a maximum loaded mass
transmitted to the ground by the axles of the trailer when connected to a
towing vehicle; or
(ii)
the manufacturer cannot be identified; or
(iii)
the trailer has been modified to the extent that the
manufacturer's specification is no longer appropriate;
"prescribed certification mark" means the certification mark of—
(a)
Standards Australia; or
(b) a
body accredited under the system established by Australia and New Zealand
known as the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand;
"reckless or dangerous driving offence" means an offence against
section 46(1) of the Act;
"recording media"—
(a) in
relation to a wet film camera—means a film magazine;
(b) in
relation to a digital or other electronic camera—means any disk, card or
other thing used to store electronic records made by the camera;
"red light offence" means—
(a) an
offence against rule 56(1), 56(2), 59(1) or 60 of the Australian Road Rules ;
or
(b) an
offence against rule 123(a) of the Australian Road Rules constituted of
entering a level crossing while twin red lights are operating;
"registration offence" has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 of the
Motor Vehicles Act 1959 ;
"road train" means a combination, other than a B-double, consisting of a motor
vehicle towing at least 2 trailers (counting as a single trailer a
converter dolly supporting a semi-trailer);
"Safe-T-Cam photographic detection device" means a photographic detection
device of a kind referred to in regulation 14(1)(d) that includes a
camera that, when activated, makes an electronic record of a vehicle at one of
2 points on a road, which electronic record, when used in conjunction with an
electronic record of the vehicle made by another such camera at the other
point, may be used for the purposes of calculating the time taken for the
vehicle to travel, or the speed of the vehicle, between the 2 points;
"speeding offence" means—
(aa) an
offence against section 45A of the Act; or
(a) an
offence against a provision of Part 3 of the Australian Road Rules ; or
(b) an
offence against regulation 9A(1) or 9A(2) of the Road Traffic (Road
Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1999 ;
"tractor" does not include a prime mover;
"Transport Department" means the administrative unit that, under the Minister,
is responsible for the administration of the Act.
(2) In these
regulations, "intersection", "level
crossing", " marked foot crossing", " stop line",
"traffic lights" and "twin red lights" have the same respective meanings as in
the Australian Road Rules .
(3) For the purposes
of paragraph (b) of the definition of
"corresponding Authority" in section 5(1) of the Act—
(a) the
Authority as defined in the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 of New
South Wales is declared to be the corresponding Authority for that State;
(b) the
Corporation as defined in the Road Safety Act 1986 of Victoria is
declared to be the corresponding Authority for that State.
(4) For the purposes
of the definition of "corresponding law" in section 5(1) of the Act, the
following are declared to be corresponding laws:
(a) the
Road Transport (General) Act 2005 of New South Wales;
(b) the
Road Safety Act 1986 of Victoria.
(5) For the purposes
of paragraph (a) of the definition of
"corresponding road law" in section 5(1) of the Act—
(a) the
Road Transport (General) Act 2005 of New South Wales is declared to be a
corresponding road law for that State;
(b) the
Road Safety Act 1986 of Victoria is declared to be a corresponding road law
for that State.
(6) For the purposes
of these regulations, each edition of—
(a) an
Australian Standard (or AS) of a specified number; and
(b) an
Australian/New Zealand Standard (or AS/NZS) of the same number,
will be taken to be an edition of the same standard.