2003 No 766

New South Wales

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment (Default Urban Speed Limit) Regulation 2003
under the

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.

CARL SCULLY, M.P., Minister for Roads

Explanatory note
The default speed limit for any length of road to which a speed limit sign does not apply and that is not in a speed limited area, school zone or shared zone is the default speed limit. The object of this Regulation is to amend the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999 to decrease the default speed limit that applies to a driver for a length of road in a built-up area from 60 to 50 kilometres per hour from 1 November 2003. This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999, including section 71 (the general regulation-making power) and clause 1 (c) of Schedule 1.

Published in Gazette No 168 of 24 October 2003, page 10132

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Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment (Default Urban Speed Limit) Regulation 2003

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment (Default Urban Speed Limit) Regulation 2003
under the

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999
1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment (Default Urban Speed Limit) Regulation 2003.
2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 November 2003.
3 Amendment of Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999

The Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Schedule 1

Schedule 1 Amendment
(Clause 3)

Schedule 1 Qualifications on application of Australian Road Rules

Insert after clause 18:
19 Default speed limit in built-up area

(1)

Despite rule 25 (2) of the Australian Road Rules, the default speed limit applying to a driver for a length of road in a builtup area is 50 kilometres per hour.
Note. Under rule 25 of the Australian Road Rules, if a speed limit sign does not apply to a length of road and the length of road is not a speed limited area, school zone or shared zone, the speed limit applying to a driver for the length of road is the default speed limit. Rule 25 (2) states that the default speed limit is 60 kilometres per hour.

(2)

In this clause: built-up area has the same meaning as it has in the Australian Road Rules.

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