Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) In these Regulations:
"AFP" means the Australian Federal Police constituted by the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth).
"Australian Standard" means a standard approved for publication on behalf of Standards Australia International Limited (A.C.N. 087 326 690) or the Standards Association of Australia as constituted before 1 July 1999.
"bus" means a motor omnibus within the meaning of the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act .
"clearway" means a length of road to which a clearway sign referred to in rule 176 applies.
"emergency vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is:
(a) the property of the Territory and in the control of the Police Force of the Northern Territory; or
(b) the property of the Territory and in the control of the Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service, within the meaning of the Fire and Emergency Act ; or
(c) the property of the Territory and in the control of a member, within the meaning of the Disasters Act , of the Northern Territory Emergency Service and being used for the purposes of that Act; or
(ca) an ambulance; or
(d) the property of, or being used for the purposes of, the AFP and in the control of the AFP; or
(e) authorized as an emergency vehicle under subregulation (4).
"goods" includes animals.
"heavy vehicle" means a vehicle with a GVM greater than 4.5 t.
"member of the AFP" means a member of the Australian Federal Police, as defined in section 4(1) of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth).
"public place" means a place (other than a road) open to or used by the public or to which the public is permitted to have access whether on payment of a fee or otherwise, but does not include a track in an enclosed area used for motor vehicle or bicycle racing or speed trials.
these Regulations include the Australian Road Rules contained in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, if a word or expression that is used in a regulation is defined for the purposes of the Australian Road Rules , the word or expression has the same meaning in the regulation as it has in the Australian Road Rules .
(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in a regulation to a rule and a number is a reference to the rule of that number in the Australian Road Rules .
(3A) A reference in the Australian Road Rules to another law of this jurisdiction includes these Regulations other than the Australian Road Rules .
(4) The Registrar may in writing authorise a person, or a member of a class of persons, to use a vehicle or a type of vehicle as an emergency vehicle.
(5) An authorisation under subregulation (4) may be issued on the conditions, if any, that the Registrar thinks fit and specifies in the authorisation.