Victorian Numbered Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (DRIVERS) AND (GENERAL) AMENDMENT (MOTOR CYCLE GRADUATED LICENSING SYSTEM) REGULATIONS 2014 (SR NO 144 OF 2014) - REG 4

r. 4

    (1)     In regulation 58(1) of the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009 ^[1] ,     after "12 months" insert "(where the licence was issued before 1 October 2014)".

    (2)     After regulation 58(1) of the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009 insert —

    "(1A)     A person who has held a motor cycle licence for a period of less than 3 years (where the licence was issued on or after 1 October 2014) must not—

        (a)     drive a motor cycle other than a learner approved motor cycle; or

        (b)     drive a motor cycle on which there is a pillion passenger; or

        (c)     drive a motor cycle unless the headlights of the motor cycle are on at all times.

Penalty:     10 penalty units.".

    (3)     In regulation 58(2) of the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009—

        (a)     in paragraph (b), for "passenger." substitute "passenger; or";

        (b)     after paragraph (b) insert —

    "(c)     drive a motor cycle unless the headlights of the motor cycle are on at all times; or

        (d)     drive a motor cycle unless the driver is wearing an approved high visibility vest or jacket that is visible and is securely fitted and fastened.".

    (4)     In regulation 58(4) of the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009 for "Subregulations (1)(a) and (2)(a)" substitute "Subregulations (1)(a), (1A)(a), (2)(a), (2)(c) and (2)(d)".

    (5)     In regulation 58(6) of the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009 after "subregulation (1)" insert "or (1A)".

    (6)     After regulation 58(6) of the Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009 insert —

    '(7)     In this regulation approved high visibility vest or jacket means a high visibility vest or jacket that meets and is labelled or marked to indicate that it meets at least one of the following standards for day and night high visibility garments and apparel—

        (a)     AS/ANZ 4602.1:2011;

        (b)     International Standard ISO20471:2013 "High visibility clothing—Test methods and requirements";

        (c)     American National Standard ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 "American National Standard for High Visibility Public Safety Vests";

        (d)     American National Standard ANSI/ISEA 107-2010 "American National Standard for High Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear".'.