Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MOTOR TRAFFIC ACT 1936 (REPEALED) - SECT 212A

(1)     In this section, "employee" , officer and postal article have the same respective meanings as in the Postal Services Act 1975 of the Commonwealth.

(2)     In this section, a reference to a motor cycle shall be read as a reference to a motor cycle that has an engine capacity that does not exceed 110 millilitres.

(3)     Subsection 113 (2) does not apply in relation to the riding of a motorcycle on a footpath if the rider of the motorcycle—

        (a)     is engaged, as an officer or employee, in the delivery of postal articles;

        (b)     does not ride the motorcycle at a speed exceeding 7 kilometres per hour; and

        (c)     takes the shortest practical route between points of delivery.

(4)     Subsection 151 (1), and subsection 158 (2) (insofar as it prohibits the stopping or parking of a motor vehicle, where a kerb is constructed on the boundary of the carriageway of a public street, upon a part of the public street other than the carriageway of the public street or a part reserved for parking by a traffic sign), do not apply in relation to a person who stops or parks a motorcycle on a footpath if that person is engaged, as an officer or employee, in the delivery of postal articles.