Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

MOTOR TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 27 OF 1998) - REG 2

    After Part IV of the Motor Traffic Regulations the following Part is inserted:

“ PART IVA—TAXIS USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTES

“26A.     Traffic lights

    A taxi is exempt from the operation of sections 112A and 112B of the Act in relation to item 1 of the table in section 112B of the Act where the traffic lights referred to in section 112A of the Act are displaying a red circular light and, at the same time, traffic lights facing the direction opposite to which the taxi is facing are displaying a letter B in white light.

“26B.     General exemption

“(1)     A taxi is exempt from the operation of subsection 115C (1) of the Act.

“(2)     A taxi is exempt from the operation of subsection 116 (1) of the Act where the taxi is driven so that it crosses a road marking comprising an unbroken line marked longitudinally on the carriageway of the public street and—

        (a)     the unbroken line forms part of road markings used to divide the carriageway of the public street into traffic lanes for vehicles travelling in the same direction as that in which the taxi is being driven; and

        (b)     the taxi is driven across the unbroken line for the purpose of entering or leaving a traffic lane on which there appears the words ‘BUSES TAXIS ONLY'.”.