(1) Despite anything
in rule 154A (Bus only lanes) and the Rules, for the purposes of
the definition of "bus only lane" in rule 154A(6) and the Rules, a
bus only lane includes the following:
(a) a
marked lane, or a part of a marked lane, painted red in colour and marked with
a bus only lane road marking—
(i)
beginning at the commencement of the red painted area;
and
(ii)
ending at the end of that painted area;
(b) a
marked lane, or a part of a marked lane—
(i)
that is painted red in colour for a distance of at least
12.5 metres and marked on that red painted area with a bus only lane road
marking; and
(A) a red line at least 150 mm in
width marked on or immediately inside the lane boundary on each side of the
lane; and
(B) further lengths of the lane painted red
in colour and marked with a bus only lane road marking in accordance with
subparagraph (i) at regular intervals (being intervals not exceeding
200 metres from the end of 1 painted length of lane to the commencement
of the next),
beginning at the commencement of the red painted area referred to in
subparagraph (i) and ending at the nearest of the following:
(iii)
the end of the red lines referred to in
subparagraph (ii)(A);
(iv)
an end bus only lane road marking;
(v)
an end bus only lane sign.
(2) Part 20 (Traffic
control devices and traffic-related items) of the Rules applies in relation to
a road marking described in subregulation (1) as if this regulation
formed part of the Rules.