ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 33G Conditions of ADS permit

ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 33G

    (1)     An ADS permit is subject to—

S. 33G(1)(a) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 68(a)).

        (a)     any conditions, determined by the Secretary, that are specified in the permit (including a condition allowed to be determined by the Secretary under regulations made under subsection (3)); and

        (b)     any conditions that are prescribed for an ADS permit.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), conditions of an ADS permit may include conditions relating to—

        (a)     the highways on which, the days on which and the times at which any automated vehicle specified in the permit may participate in an ADS trial; and

        (b)     ensuring the safe operation on a highway of any automated vehicle specified in the permit; and

        (c)     compliance in relation to an ADS trial with the safety management plan submitted with the application for the permit; and

        (d)     the absence in the blood, breath or oral fluid of the ADS permit holder, or of any vehicle supervisor specified in the permit, of any concentration of alcohol or of a prescribed illicit drug while an automated vehicle specified in the permit is being used for the purposes of an ADS trial; and

        (e)     a requirement for a vehicle supervisor to be in an automated vehicle specified in the permit at specified times and their positioning within the vehicle; and

        (f)     the submission of reports in specified circumstances and at specified intervals; and

        (g)     the display on any automated vehicle specified in the permit of a mark, sign or symbol indicating that the vehicle is participating in an ADS trial on a highway; and

        (h)     real-time monitoring, in relation to any automated vehicle specified in the permit, of—

              (i)     the performance of its automated driving system; and

              (ii)     its location; and

              (iii)     its compliance with specified conditions; and

              (i)     ongoing training requirements for the ADS permit holder and any vehicle supervisor specified in the permit; and

        (j)     any other matter dealt with in the ADS guidelines.

S. 33G(3) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 68(b)).

    (3)     The regulations may allow the Secretary to determine a condition of an ADS permit that, for the period when any automated vehicle specified in the permit is participating in a specified ADS trial, has the effect of—

        (a)     exempting from the application of specified provisions of this Act or of the regulations or of rules made under section 95D—

              (i)     the ADS permit holder; or

              (ii)     any vehicle supervisor specified in the permit; or

              (iii)     the automated vehicle; or

        (b)     applying specified provisions of this Act or of the regulations or of rules made under section 95D with specified modifications to—

              (i)     the ADS permit holder; or

              (ii)     any vehicle supervisor specified in the permit; or

              (iii)     the automated vehicle.

S. 33H inserted by No. 8/2018 s. 6.