Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) Subject to
subregulations (2) and (3), a person shall not use a warning lamp displaying
intermittent flashes on a vehicle.
(2) Subregulation (1)
does not extend to —
(a) the
use of a lamp displaying intermittent flashes of a colour or colours approved
by the Director General, upon —
(i)
a vehicle when conveying a police officer on official
duty or when that vehicle is stationary at any place connected with the
official duty; or
(ii)
any other type of vehicle approved by the Director
General and used in conformity with any conditions that may be imposed by the
Director General;
(b) the
use of a lamp displaying intermittent red flashes (or flashes of another
colour or colours approved by the Director General), upon —
(i)
an emergency vehicle of a fire brigade on official duty
in consequence of a fire or an alarm of fire or of an emergency or rescue
operation where human life is reasonably considered to be in danger;
(ii)
an ambulance, answering an urgent call or conveying any
injured or sick person to any place for the provision of urgent treatment;
(iii)
an emergency vehicle being used to obtain or convey blood
or other supplies, drugs or equipment for a person urgently requiring
treatment and duly authorised to carry a siren or bell for use as a warning
instrument; or
(iv)
a vehicle authorised as an “emergency
vehicle” for the purposes of these regulations, by the Director General;
(c) the
use of a lamp displaying intermittent amber flashes (or flashes of another
colour or colours approved by the Director General), upon —
(i)
an emergency vehicle, or a vehicle conveying a person who
is authorised by the Director General under section 49 of the Transport
Co-ordination Act 1966 ;
(ii)
a special purpose vehicle occupying a hazardous position
on a road, while stationary or manoeuvring at a speed not exceeding 20
kilometres an hour;
(iii)
a vehicle engaged in road construction or maintenance
within the provisions of regulation 103A(3) of the
Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 ;
(iv)
a disabled motor vehicle that is stationary on the main
travelled portion of the carriageway and is displaying the flashes from both
sides of the front and of the rear of the vehicle by means of a flashing lamp
turn signalling device fitted in compliance with the
Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 ;
(v)
a pilot or escort vehicle travelling in front of or
behind a vehicle or convoy of vehicles that exceed the maximum height, width,
length or mass limitations under the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards)
Regulation 1977 while that vehicle, or those vehicles, are subject to a
permit issued under those regulations;
(vi)
a pilot or escort vehicle when travelling in front of or
behind a self-propelled agricultural implement, a towed agricultural implement
or a convoy of such implements;
(vii)
a vehicle owned by the King’s Park Board being used
for official duties in King’s Park as defined in
regulation 1806(1);
(viii)
a self-propelled agricultural implement that does not
conform to the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 , but where
the signalling devices comply with the equipment described in regulation 404
of those regulations and the vehicle is travelling on a road;
(ix)
a vehicle towing an agricultural implement, and that
agricultural implement, when that implement does not conform to the
Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 , but the signalling
devices comply with the equipment described in regulation 404 of those
regulations and the vehicle is travelling on a road;
(x)
a vehicle that is being used to drive stock along or
across a road, where the flashing lamps comply with the equipment described in
regulation 404 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 ;
(xi)
a fire control vehicle (other than that of a fire
brigade) which is used to control or extinguish fires, when that vehicle does
not conform to the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 in
relation to lighting equipment, but the signalling devices comply with the
equipment described in regulation 404 of those regulations and the vehicle is
travelling to or from a fire or a fire control exercise;
(xii)
a motor vehicle that is used solely or principally for
the carriage of children to and from school, equipped to carry more than 8
adult persons (including the driver), when in the process of picking up or
setting down school children;
(xiii)
a vehicle or vehicle combination that exceeds the maximum
height, width, length or mass limitations under the
Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 , while that vehicle is
subject to a condition of a permit issued under those regulations, requiring
such lamps;
(d) the
use of flashing white lamps fitted within the illuminated sign of a taxi, upon
a taxi, for the purpose of indicating that the driver is under attack or
otherwise in distress; or
(e) the
use of a flashing light upon a bicycle, in compliance with, or as permitted
under, regulation 3007 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations
1977 .
(3) Subregulation (1)
does not prohibit the use of flashing lamp signalling devices —
(a) in
accordance with regulation 804;
(b) that
are a part of an alarm system; or
(c) on
military vehicles operated by the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth.
[Regulation 1210 inserted in Gazette
22 September 2000 pp.5435-8.]