New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 21-1

21-1 NSW rule: school bus stop zone sign is speed limit sign

(1) For the purposes of rule 21--

(a) a school bus stop zone sign is a speed limit sign, and

(b) an end school bus stop zone sign is an end speed limit sign in respect of a school bus stop zone sign.

(2) For the purposes of the application of this Part with respect to a length of road to which a school bus stop zone sign applies, the speed limit indicated by the sign applies to a driver only while the warning system of a bus is activated along that length of road.

Note--:
"Length" of road is defined in the Dictionary.

(3) In this rule--

"warning system" of a bus means the warning system referred to in the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021 , section 18.

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Note for diagrams--: A school bus stop zone sign may have a different number on the sign--see rule 316(4).

Note--: This rule is an additional NSW road rule. There is no corresponding rule in the Australian Road Rules . Different speed limit signs may apply to drivers in other Australian jurisdictions.