Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 13

13 What is a road-related area

(1) A
"road-related area" is any of the following—

(a) an area that divides a road;

(b) a footpath or nature strip adjacent to a road;

(c) an area that is not a road and that is open to the public and designated for use by cyclists or animals;

(d) an area that is not a road and that is open to, or used by, the public for parking vehicles.

(2) However, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this regulation (except this division) to a
"road-related area" includes a reference to—

(a) any shoulder of a road; and

(b) any other area that is a footpath or nature strip as defined in the dictionary.

(3) In this section—

"shoulder" , of a road—

(a) includes any part of the road that is not designed to be used by motor vehicles in travelling along the road; and

(b) includes—

(i) for a kerbed road—any part of the kerb; and

(ii) for a sealed road—any unsealed part of the road, and any sealed part of the road outside an edge line on the road; but

(c) does not include a bicycle path, footpath or shared path.