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ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (NO 1) (NO 4 OF 2006)

2006


THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY





ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGMENT) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (No 1)








EXPLANATORY STATEMENT








Circulated by authority of




John Hargreaves MLA
Minister for Urban Services

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY


ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGMENT) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (No 1)



EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Overview

The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, Section 25 (d) (iii) specifies that infringement notices must include the place where the offence was committed.

Section 23 (2) (b) of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Act 1999 provides that a photographic or electronic image of a vehicle taken by an approved camera detection device is complying if the relevant information for the image is indicated on the image. Section 22A defines “relevant information” to include the date and time when, and place where, the image was taken.

Section 24 (2) of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Act 1999 allows the regulations about traffic offence detection devices to make provision about the meaning of codes and other information indicated on images taken by approved camera detection devices.

Section 108 of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Regulation 2000 defines the meaning of codes and other information indicated on an image of a vehicle taken by an approved camera detection device.

Schedule 1 of the Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Regulation 2000 sets out the location code and description of each site at which certain traffic camera detection devices may be operated.

Details

In October 2005 the Government agreed to a policy change to enable all remaining arterial, major collector and minor collector roads in the ACT to be assessed for possible mobile speed camera use.

This amending regulation amends Schedule 1 to insert references to an additional twenty two sites to be included for the operation of mobile speed cameras. These sites were recommended by the Traffic Liaison Committee and assessed by the Traffic Camera Office (TCO) and Roads ACT. The twenty two sites are located on arterial and major collector roads across the ACT.





The twenty two sites to be included on Schedule 1 of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2000 are: