Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated RegulationsIn these Regulations—
Reg. 5 def. of animal under control amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 8(Sch. 4 item 1).
"animal under control" means—
(a) an animal that is on a municipal road—
(i) in accordance with a permit issued by a Council; or
(ii) that is being moved within a municipal district in circumstances in which a local law provides that a permit is not required; or
(b) an animal that is being moved across an arterial road in accordance with a permit issued by the Head, Transport for Victoria; or
(c) an animal that is being moved across a road (which is neither a municipal road nor an arterial road) in accordance with a permit issued by the coordinating road authority for that road;
"area" speed-limit sign means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of an area speed-limit sign mentioned in rule 22 of the Road Rules;
"arterial road" has the same meaning as in the Road Management Act 2004 ;
"authorised works" means works on a road or road related area—
(a) that are carried out by or on behalf of a relevant service provider in connection with the installation, inspection, maintenance, repair, testing or removal of that service provider's infrastructure in that road or road related area; and
(b) that are—
(i) works for which the coordinating road authority for that road or road related area has given consent under clause 16(5) of Schedule 7 to the Road Management Act 2004 ; or
(ii) works to which section 63(1) of the Road Management Act 2004 does not apply by operation of section 63(2) of that Act;
"authorised works manager" means a works manager that is authorised in writing by a relevant service provider to carry out the works on behalf of that service provider;
"children's crossing "has the same meaning as in the Road Rules;
"coordinating road authority", for a road or road related area (a " Road Safety Act" road ), means the coordinating road authority (within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 ) for the Road Management Act road that consists of or includes the Road Safety Act road;
Reg. 5 def. of Council amended by S.R. No. 123/2020 reg. 12(a).
"Council" has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 2020 ;
"end area speed-limit sign" means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of an end area speed-limit sign mentioned in rule 22 of the Road Rules;
"end shared zone sign" means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of an end shared zone sign mentioned in rule 24 of the Road Rules;
"end speed-limit sign" means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of an end speed-limit sign mentioned in rule 21 of the Road Rules;
"freeway" has the same meaning as in the Road Management Act 2004 ;
"hand-held stop sign" means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a hand‑held stop sign mentioned in rule 101 of the Road Rules;
"high use stock crossing site" means a place at which animals under control cross a road at least 52 times in any 12-month period;
"highway collection" means the act of soliciting or receiving of money from a person in a vehicle on a road by a person who stands or walks near the vehicle;
"low use stock crossing site" means a place at which animals under control cross a road less than 52 times in any 12-month period;
"major traffic control device" means a traffic control device specified in Schedule 1;
"Manual for Traffic Control at Stock Crossings "means the "Manual for Traffic Control at Stock Crossings" published by VicRoads in June 2015 or as amended or republished from time to time;
"minor traffic control device" means a traffic control device other than a major traffic control device;
Reg. 5 def. of municipal district amended by S.R. No. 123/2020 reg. 12(b).
"municipal district" has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 2020 ;
"municipal road" has the same meaning as in the Road Management Act 2004 ;
"no entry sign" means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a no entry sign mentioned in rule 100 of the Road Rules;
"non-road activity" has the same meaning as in section 99B(8) of the Act;
"race" means a bicycle race, foot race or other race but does not include—
(a) a motor vehicle race or speed trial subject to a notice published in the Government Gazette under section 68(3) of the Act; or
(b) a motor vehicle function or event that is—
(i) sanctioned or organised and conducted by a motoring organisation; and
(ii) subject to a notice published in the Government Gazette under section 68(4) of the Act;
"relevant activity" means works or any non-road activity;
"relevant service provider" means—
(a) a utility within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 ; or
(b) a provider of public transport within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 ;
"responsible road authority" for a road or road related area (a " Road Safety Act road"), means the responsible road authority (within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 ) for the Road Management Act road that consists of or includes the Road Safety Act road;
road hump means a section of raised pavement constructed or placed in or on and across or partly across a road to restrict the speed of vehicles along that road;
Road Management Act road means a road within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 ;
"Road Rules" means the Road Safety Road Rules 2017 [1] ;
"school crossing supervisor" means a person who is employed by a Council to supervise school crossings or who is authorised by a Council for the purposes of regulation 14;
"shared zone sign" means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a shared zone sign mentioned in rule 24 of the Road Rules;
"speed-limit sign" means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a speed‑limit sign mentioned in rule 21 of the Road Rules;
"temporary works speed-limit sign "means a temporary speed-limit sign fixing a speed‑limit that is lower than, or the same as, the speed-limit that would otherwise apply to the relevant length of road but no lower than 40 kilometres per hour;
"the Act" means the Road Safety Act 1986 ;
traffic has the same meaning as in the Road Rules;
traffic control device has the same meaning as in the Road Rules and includes a road hump;
traffic sign has the same meaning as in the Road Rules;
traffic signals has the same meaning as in the Road Rules;
"VicRoads" means the Roads Corporation within the meaning of the Transport Integration Act 2010 ;
"works" has the same meaning as in the Road Management Act 2004 ;
works advisory device has the meaning given by regulation 6 ;
"works manager" has the same meaning as in the Road Management Act 2004 ;
"works zone sign" means a traffic sign that is a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a works zone sign mentioned in rule 181(2) of the Road Rules.