Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - SECT 303

Use of automatic detection devices

303. Use of automatic detection devices



For the purposes of sections 79, 80, 80A, 81, 83A(1), 84(7) and 84H(2)(a) of
the Act, an automatic detection device is used in the prescribed manner if-



   (a)  in the case of a device referred to in regulation 302(a), the person
        placing or removing the device or loading or unloading the film
        magazine into or from the device-

   (i)  checks the time, date and location code in the display of the device
        and makes any corrections that may be necessary to ensure that the
        correct data is displayed on the photograph printed from the reversal
        or negative film produced by the device; and

   (ii) checks the vehicle detector system to ensure that it is correctly
        monitoring the movement of vehicles at the location in the relevant
        direction of travel; and

   (iii) tests the device to ensure the correct activation of the device by
        vehicles passing over the detectors; and

   (iv) ensures that when the device is installed and left unattended it is
        kept in a locked housing; and

   (b)  in the case of a device referred to in regulation 302(b), (c) or (o)-

   (i)  the device is used in accordance with operating instructions approved
        by a testing officer; and

   (ii) the device has been tested in accordance with regulation 306 or the
        corresponding previous regulation within 12 months before the occasion
        of its use; and

   (iii) the device has been sealed in accordance with regulation 307 or the
        corresponding previous regulation; and

   (c)  in the case of a device referred to in regulation 302(d), (e), (f),
        (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (p) or (q)-

   (i)  the speed calculation unit has been tested in accordance with
        regulation 306 within 2 years before the occasion of its use; and



   (ii) the vehicle detectors-

                (A)  in the case of a device referred to in regulation 302(n),
                     have been placed in position as specified by the
                     manufacturer; or

                (B)  in any other case, have been placed across the road
                     (whether on or under the surface of the road) and are
                     approximately parallel to each other and separated as
                     specified by the manufacturer; and

   (iii) the speed calculation unit has been sealed in accordance with
        regulation 307; and

   (iv) a person placing or removing the speed calculation unit or the control
        unit, or loading or unloading removable storage media, if any, into or
        from the control unit, or switching on or resetting the control unit
        after it has been inoperable for any reason-

                (A)  checks the time, date and location code and makes any
                     corrections that may be necessary to ensure that the
                     correct data is recorded in the digital file; and

                (B)  checks that the vehicle detectors are correctly
                     responding to the movement of vehicles at the location;
                     and

                (C)  ensures that when the speed calculation unit and control
                     unit are installed and left unattended they are kept in
                     one or more locked housings.