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New South Wales

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Testing of Speed Measuring Devices) Regulation 2000
under the

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999
His 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 object of this Regulation is to empower the Roads and Traffic Authority to approve the manufacturer's recommended calibration method for the testing for accuracy and functional requirements of certain non-radar-based speed measuring devices used by that Authority. At present, the Commissioner of Police has sole power to approve the recommended method. Certificate evidence of such an approval may be given, for the purpose of establishing the accuracy or reliability of an approved speed measuring device, in any court proceedings in which evidence is given of a measurement of speed obtained by use of such a device. This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 and, in particular, under section 46 (Certificates concerning use of approved speed measuring devices) and section 71 and Schedule 1 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 49 of 20 April 2000, page 3352 [4]

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Clause 1 Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Testing of Speed Measuring Devices) Regulation 2000

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Testing of Speed Measuring Devices) Regulation 2000
1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Testing of Speed Measuring Devices) Regulation 2000.
2 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.
3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Testing of Speed Measuring Devices) Regulation 2000 Amendment Schedule 1

Schedule 1 Amendment
(Clause 2)

Clause 156 Testing of speed measuring devices: section 46 (1) (b) of Act

Insert "or (in the case only of an approved speed measuring device that is used in conjunction with, or forms part of, an approved digital camera recording device) by the Authority" after "Commissioner of Police" in paragraph (b).

BY AUTHORITY

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