ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2009 (SR NO 94 OF 2009) - REG 21 Speed-limit where a speed-limit sign applies

ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2009 (SR NO 94 OF 2009) - REG 21

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    (1)     The speed-limit applying to a driver for a length of road to which a speed-limit sign applies is the number of kilometres per hour indicated by the number on the sign.

Note

"Length", of road, is defined in the dictionary.

    (2)     However, if the number on the speed-limit sign is over 100 the speed limit applying to the driver for the length of road is 100 kilometres per hour if the driver is driving—

        (a)     a bus with a GVM over 5 tonnes; or

        (b)     a prime mover with a GCM over 22 tonnes; or

        (c)     a vehicle other than a bus with a GVM over 12 tonnes—

the vehicles in rule 21(2) are to be regarded as heavy vehicles for the purposes of rule 20.

Notes

1     "Bus", GCM and GVM are defined in the Road Safety Act 1986 , and vehicle is defined in rule 15.

2     If the vehicle is a class 1, class 2, or class 3 vehicle, as defined by the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 1999, the vehicle may be restricted to a lower speed-limit under those Regulations, by conditions imposed by the Corporation on a permit or notice applying to vehicle.

    (3)     A speed-limit sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearest of the following face="Symbol">¾

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        (a)     a speed-limit sign on the road with a different number on the sign;

        (b)     an end speed-limit sign or speed derestriction sign on the road;

        (c)     if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road.

Notes

1     T-intersection is defined in the dictionary.

2     Rule 322(1) and (2) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign on a road.