Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - SECT 105

Definition

105. Definition

In these Regulations-

Act means the Road Safety Act 1986; approved camera means a camera, or a
camera belonging to a class of cameras, approved by the Chief Commissioner of
Police;



automatic detection device means a detection device prescribed by regulation
302;

camera includes a device that converts optical images into electronic signals;



checksum means a number produced by the application of an algorithm to the
contents of a digital file (other than a checksum contained in the file);

computer has the same meaning as in Division 3 of Part III of the
Evidence Act 1958;

control unit means-

   (a)  the part of an automatic detection device referred to in regulation
        302(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p) or
        (q) that is a computer that processes images captured by a camera and
        creates a digital file in respect of those images; or

   (b)  a computer that processes images captured by an approved camera and
        creates a digital file in respect of those images;

data relating to the calculation of average speed, in relation to a motor
vehicle, means-

   (a)  the time at which the motor vehicle passed the first point; and

   (b)  the time at which the motor vehicle passed the second point; and

   (c)  the shortest distance, expressed in metres, that would be travelled by
        a motor vehicle between the 2 points; and

   (d)  the calculation of the average speed of the motor vehicle in
        accordance with section 78(2) of the Act; digital file means a file in
        a digital format, or electronic copy of such a file, which is created
        by a control unit, or by the process prescribed in regulation 313A,
        and contains-

   (a)  one or more digital images; and

   (b)  data indicating the date on which, and the time and place at which,
        the image was captured by a camera; and

   (ba) in relation to an offence of exceeding a speed limit which is to be
        prosecuted by reference to the average speed of a motor vehicle, data
        relating to the calculation of that average speed; and

   (c)  the checksum for that file; digital image means an image, or
        electronic copy of an image, of-

   (a)  a vehicle or part of a vehicle that has been processed by a control
        unit; or

   (b)  a speed-limit sign referred to in the Road Safety (Road Rules)
        Regulations 19991;

digitector means the device known by that name which determines the speed at
which a motor vehicle travels between two vehicle detectors on a road;

dynamic axle weighing device means a device which-

   (a)  is designed to weigh each axle of a moving vehicle successively; and

   (b)  is either-

   (i)  the device known as the Electronic Mass Unit Model 870.3 or 870.4; or

   (ii) a device which satisfies the testing requirements in regulations 409
        and 410 and which has been approved by the Corporation by notice
        published in the Government Gazette;

Engineering Department means the head of the Engineering Department of the
University of Melbourne or a testing officer of that Department;

infringement penalty means-

   (a)  in relation to a parking infringement-

   (i)  the amount prescribed in Schedule 3 for the purposes of section 87(3)
        of the Act; or

   (ii) in the case of a contravention of section 90E of the Act, 1 penalty
        unit; or

   (iii) the amount fixed by the municipal council under section 87(4) of the
        Act as the penalty for the parking infringement to which the parking
        infringement notice relates;

   (b)  in relation to a traffic infringement-

   (i)  subject to paragraph (ii), the amount prescribed in Schedule 4 for the
        purposes of section 88(5) of the Act as the penalty for the traffic
        infringement to which the traffic infringement notice relates; or

   (ii) in the case of a traffic infringement prescribed in regulation
        601(1A), the amount prescribed in regulation 601(1B);

laser device means-

   (a)  the LTI 20.20 Marksman AT;

   (b)  the Prolaser 11 Model Auslaser;

   (c)  the LTI 20-20 Ultralyte LR;

   (d)  the Prolaser III;

   (e)  the Pro-Lite;

   (f)  the Pro-Lite +;

portable weighing device means a portable mechanical or electrical device
capable of determining the mass carried on any axle or axles of a motor
vehicle or trailer;

printed image means a printed image produced in accordance with the process as
set out in regulation 313;

radar device means-

   (a)  the Kustom HR4;

   (b)  the Kustom Falcon;

   (c)  the Kustom KR-10SP;

   (d)  the Kustom Golden Eagle;

   (e)  the Kustom Silver Eagle;

   (f)  the Silver Eagle II;

   (g)  the Stalker Dual DSR;

   (h)  the Directional Golden Eagle II;

   (i)  the Falcon HR;

   (j)  the Raptor RP-1;

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removable storage media includes disks and magnetic tapes;





Road Rules or RR means the Road Rules within the meaning of the Road Safety
(Road Rules) Regulations 1999;



speed calculation unit means the part of an automatic detection device
referred to in regulation 302(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m),
(n), (o), (p) or (q) that determines the speed of a vehicle, when the vehicle
activates the vehicle detectors which form part of the device;







speed measuring device means a device prescribed by regulation 305;

testing authority means a person or body (whether corporate or unincorporate)
approved by the Corporation for the purposes of Division 2 of Part 4 by notice
published in the Government Gazette;

testing officer means-

   (a)  a technical officer or the head of a faculty, school or department of
        electrical engineering, electronics or communications at a university
        or post-secondary education institution within the meaning of the
        Education and Training Reform Act 2006; or

   (b)  a person skilled in the development and operation of speed measuring
        devices and authorised in writing by the Chief Commissioner of Police;
        or

   (c)  a testing officer of a testing body accredited in the field of
        electrical testing by the National Association of Testing Authorities,
        Australia (NATA); vehicle detectors means the parts of an automatic
        detection device referred to in regulation 302(d), (e), (f), (g), (h),
        (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (p) or (q) that detect the presence of a
        vehicle.