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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 20 Obeying the speed-limit

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 20

Obeying the speed-limit

20 Obeying the speed-limit

A driver must not drive at a speed over the speed-limit applying to the driver for the length of road where the driver is driving.

: Offence provision.
The rules about speed-limits are as follows:
rule 21--speed-limit where a speed-limit sign applies
rule 22--speed-limit in a speed-limited area
rule 23--speed-limit in a school zone
rule 24--speed-limit in a shared zone
rule 25--speed-limit elsewhere.
Note 2 :
"Road" includes a road-related area--see rule 11 (2).
Note 3 :
"Length" of road includes a marked lane, a part of a marked lane, or another part of a length of road--see the definition in the dictionary.
Note 4 : Part 20, Division 2 deals with the way in which a traffic sign applies to a length of road. Part 20, Division 3 deals with the way in which the traffic sign applies to drivers driving on the length of road.