Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 1975 - REG 403

403 .         Driving in bus-taxi lane

                A person shall not drive a vehicle along or into a bus lane or a bus-taxi lane except for the shortest distance necessary for the purpose of — 

            (a)         entering or leaving the carriageway in which the bus lane or bus-taxi lane is situated; or

            (b)         changing from one lane on the carriageway on which the bus lane or bus-taxi lane is situated to another lane on that carriageway,

                unless the vehicle is — 

            (c)         in the case of a bus lane, an omnibus, an emergency vehicle or a special purpose vehicle, or being used to transport a prisoner (as defined in the Prisons Act 1981 , s.3) or a detainee (as defined in the Young Offenders Act 1994 , s.3); or

            (d)         in the case of a bus-taxi lane, a taxi, an omnibus, an emergency vehicle or a special purpose vehicle, or being used to transport a prisoner (as defined in the Prisons Act 1981 , s.3) or a detainee (as defined in the Young Offenders Act 1994 , s.3).

        [Regulation 403 inserted in Gazette 1 March 1985 p.791; amended in Gazette 17 November 2000 pp.6292-3.]