New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 26

26 Application of Division to roundabouts, road related areas and adjacent land

(1) This Division does not apply to a driver entering or leaving a roundabout.

Note 1 :
"Roundabout" is defined in rule 109.

Note 2 : Part 9 deals with entering and leaving a roundabout.

(2) This Division applies to a driver turning left from a road into a road related area or adjacent land, or from a road related area into a road, as if the driver were turning left at an intersection.

Note 1 :
"Adjacent land" and
"intersection" are defined in the Dictionary and
"road related area" is defined in rule 13. Adjacent land or a road related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre--see the definitions.

Note 2 : Rule 74 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road from a road related area or adjacent land, and rule 75 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road related area or adjacent land from a road. Rule 212 deals with a driver entering and leaving a median strip parking area.

Note 3 : For the meaning of
"left" , see rule 351(1).

(3) In this rule--

"road" does not include a road related area.

Note : A
"road related area" includes the shoulder of a road--see rule 13.