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ROAD TRAFFIC (SCHOOL BUS SEAT BELTS) AMENDMENT BILL 2006

House of Assembly—No 53

As laid on the table and read a first time, 20 September 2006

South Australia

Road Traffic (School Bus Seat Belts) Amendment Bill 2006

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961.



Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961

4 Insertion of section 162AB

162AB Seat belts and school buses



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (School Bus Seat Belts) Amendment Act 2006.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation on 1 September 2009.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.


Part 2—Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961

4—Insertion of section 162AB

After section 162A insert:

162AB—Seat belts and school buses

(1) A person must not drive a school bus unless it has seat belts that comply with the applicable Australian Standard and anchorages for seat belts that comply with the applicable Australian Standard installed, in accordance with the applicable Australian Standard, in all seating positions for passengers in the bus.

(2) A person must not drive a school bus unless the person has taken reasonable steps to ensure that each school student under the age of 16 years who is a passenger in the bus is wearing a seat belt properly adjusted and fastened.

(3) The regulations may define what constitutes the taking of reasonable steps for the purposes of subsection (2).

(4) In this section—

school bus means a bus that is used mainly to carry school students or is undertaking a particular trip mainly for the purpose of carrying school students;

school student means a student at a primary or secondary school.

 


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