Western Australian Current Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2014 - REG 454ZC

454ZC .         Transitional arrangements for accredited pilots

        (1)         In this regulation —

        commencement day means the day on which the Road Traffic Regulations Amendment (Pilot Vehicle Drivers) Regulations 2016 regulation 5 comes into operation;

        transitional pilot means a person who, immediately before commencement day, was an accredited pilot as defined in the Road Traffic Code 2000 regulation 3(1).

        (2)         Unless subregulation (3) applies, a person who is a transitional pilot does not commit an offence under regulation 454B(1) if the person uses a pilot vehicle for the purpose of facilitating the movement of an oversize or over‑mass vehicle in the period starting on commencement day and ending on the day that is 12 months after that day.

        (3)         For the purposes of an application for a heavy vehicle pilot licence made by a transitional pilot in the period starting on commencement day and ending on the day that is 3 years after that day, the requirement referred to in regulation 454C(2)(d) is satisfied if the application is accompanied by —

            (a)         evidence that the applicant is a transitional pilot; and

            (b)         evidence of the applicant’s experience in piloting oversize or over‑mass vehicles in the period of 3 years before the application is made.

        [Regulation 454ZC inserted: Gazette 15 Nov 2016 p. 5076.]