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ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 10) - REG 39

Safety of persons on trailers (NSW cl 45)

(1)      A person must not travel on a road in or on any part of a trailer that is not a part designed primarily for the carriage of passengers or goods.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2)      A person must not travel on a road in or on any part of a trailer that is a part designed primarily for the carriage of goods if the part is not enclosed.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3)      Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to a person—

        (a)     who is in or on a police or emergency vehicle; or

        (b)     engaged in the door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of waste or garbage, in or on a trailer that is not travelling faster than 25km/h; or

        (c)     if in all the circumstances, there is a no reasonable danger of the person falling or being thrown from the trailer, or being injured, because the person is travelling in a way prohibited by this regulation.

(4)      In this regulation—

"enclosed", for a part of a trailer, means enclosed by—

        (a)     the structure of the trailer; or

        (b)     a canopy, cage or other device fitted to the trailer that is of a kind approved by the road transport authority under paragraph 66 (Approvals etc by road transport authority) (1) (d).

Note     Rule 298 of the Australian Road Rules prohibits a driver from driving a motor vehicle towing a trailer with a person in or on the trailer, unless the trailer is exempt from the rule under another law of this jurisdiction. Regulation 30 provides the exemption from the rule.



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