ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 3 Definitions

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(cf Traffic Act, s 2)

(1) In this Act:

"Australian driver licence" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 .

"authorised officer" means:

(a) a police officer, or

(b) a person who is appointed for the time being by the Authority as an authorised officer for the purposes of the provision in which the expression is used, or

(c) a person (or a person belonging to a class or description of persons) prescribed by the regulations.

"Authority" means the Roads and Traffic Authority.

"drive" includes the following:

(a) be in control of the steering, movement or propulsion of a vehicle,

(b) in relation to a trailer, draw or tow the trailer,

(c) ride a vehicle.

"driver" means any person driving a vehicle, and includes any person riding a cycle.

"driver licence" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 .

"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.

"function" includes a power, authority or duty.

"home address" of a person means the person's current place of abode.

"horse" includes any animal used for the carriage of persons or goods.

"learner licence" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 .

"light rail vehicle" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 .

"major offence" means:

(a) a crime or offence referred to in the definition of "convicted person" in section 25 (1), or

(b) any other crime or offence that, at the time it was committed, was a major offence under this Act or the Traffic Act 1909 .

"motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is built to be propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle.

"penalty notice" means a penalty notice issued under Division 1 of Part 3.

"prescribed speeding offence" means an offence under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 (or regulations made under that Act) involving the use of a vehicle on a road or road related area at an excessive speed, being an offence that is prescribed by the regulations.

"registered", in relation to a vehicle, means registered under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 .

"registered operator" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 .

"registrable vehicle" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 .

"responsible person" for a vehicle--see section 7.

"rider" of an animal includes a person having charge of the animal.

"road" means an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as one of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles.

"road related area" means:

(a) an area that divides a road, or

(b) a footpath or nature strip adjacent to a road, or

(c) an area that is open to the public and is designated for use by cyclists or animals, or

(d) an area that is not a road and that is open to or used by the public for driving, riding or parking vehicles, or

(e) a shoulder of a road, or

(f) any other area that is open to or used by the public and that has been declared under section 9 to be an area to which specified provisions of this Act or the regulations apply.

"road transport legislation" --see section 5.

"trader's plate" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 .

"traffic" includes vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic.

"trailer" means a vehicle that is built to be towed, or is towed, by a motor vehicle, but does not include a motor vehicle that is being towed.

"use" of a vehicle includes standing the vehicle on a road or road related area.

"vehicle" means:

(a) any description of vehicle on wheels (including a light rail vehicle) but not including any other vehicle used on a railway or tramway, or

(b) any other vehicle prescribed by the regulations.

(2) A reference in a provision of this Act relating to the road transport legislation (other than this Act or the regulations) to an expression that is defined in the legislation includes, for the purposes of the application of the provision to the legislation, the expression as defined in the legislation.