Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
flashing amber light has a meaning that is
affected by regulation 11;
gate to gate means 2 gates facing each other, one
on each side of a road, where the distance between the 2 centrelines, drawn at
right angles to the road, of each gate is 20 metres or less;
night-time means the period between sunset and
sunrise;
on a road includes partly on a road but does not
include on a road when an agricultural implement is being towed from gate to
gate;
tow includes haul;
towed implement means an agricultural implement
which is being towed by a motor vehicle or is attached to a motor vehicle for
the purpose of being towed by it;
towing vehicle means a motor vehicle which is
towing an agricultural implement or is attached to an agricultural implement
for the purpose of towing it;
used , in relation to a vehicle or a combination,
includes being driven, or towed, and being left stationary;
Vehicle Standards means the Road Traffic (Vehicle
Standards) Regulations 2002 , the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 2002
and the Road Traffic (Animal Drawn Vehicles) Regulations 2002 .
(2) Nothing in these
regulations prevents the application to a towing vehicle, a pilot vehicle or
an escort vehicle, of any other written law.
(3) Unless the
contrary intention appears, a term used in these regulations has the same
meaning as it has in the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 .
(4) An agricultural
implement is not subject to regulations that would apply to it under the
Road Traffic Act 1974 , other than regulation 31 of these
regulations, while the agricultural implement is being towed from gate to gate
in accordance with regulation 31 of these regulations.
[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette
1 Nov 2002 p. 5394; 24 Feb 2006 p. 885;
24 Oct 2007 p. 5647-8.]