Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person shall not
drive a vehicle on a footway.
(1a)
Subregulation (1) does not apply to —
(a) a
physically disabled person in an unmotorized wheel chair or in an exempt motor
chair;
(b) a
person pushing a perambulator or wheel chair;
(c) a
person wheeling a bicycle, if the person is completely dismounted from the
bicycle;
(d) a
person riding a bicycle, if the footway is a dual use path;
(e) a
person driving a vehicle across the footway by the shortest route to enter or
leave a driveway or lane;
(f) an
employee of the Australian Postal Corporation who in the course of his or her
employment is riding a bicycle or motorcycle while engaged in the delivery of
postal articles, if —
[ (i) deleted ]
(ii)
the footway is not more than 100 metres from the next
delivery point;
(iii)
the employee takes adequate precautions to avoid
colliding with, endangering or obstructing any person or vehicle on the
footway; and
(iv)
the employee is riding the bicycle or motorcycle at a
speed not exceeding 10 kilometres per hour; or
(g) a
member of the Police Force driving a special purpose vehicle in the course of
patrolling an area.
(2) A person shall not
drive a vehicle on a median strip, except at a place designed and constructed
or improved for use by vehicular traffic.
[Regulation 1603 amended in Gazette
2 April 1976 p.1049; 15 January 1981 p.100;
21 July 1989 p.2221; 14 December 1990 p.6177;
7 February 1992 pp.742-3; 5 February 1999 p.407.]