Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 22

22 Speed limit in a speed limited area

(1) The speed limit applying to a driver for any length of road in a speed limited area is the number of kilometres per hour indicated by the number on the area speed limit sign on a road into the area, unless another speed limit applies to the driver for the length of road under another section of this part.

Example of another speed limit—

Although an area speed limit sign on a road into a speed limited area may indicate a speed limit of 60km/h, a particular length of road in the area may have a school zone sign indicating a 40km/h speed limit for that length of road.

(2) A
"speed limited area" is the network of roads in an area with—

(a) an area speed limit sign on each road into the area, indicating the same number; and

(b) an end area speed limit sign on each road out of the area.

(3) In this section—

"road" , in subsection (2) (a) and (b) , does not include a road-related area.

Examples—