Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1977 - REG 1106A

1106A .         Roads or routes for use of oversize vehicles

        (1)         The Commissioner of Main Roads may, by notice in the Gazette , specify a road or a route on which an oversize vehicle may be driven or used in accordance with any conditions specified in the notice.

        (2)         A person who drives or uses an oversize vehicle on a specified road or route in accordance with any conditions specified in the notice does not commit an offence only because the vehicle does not comply with regulation 1102, 1103 or 1104.

        (3)         If a member of the Police Force has reason to believe that an oversize vehicle is being driven or used on a specified road or route otherwise than in accordance with a condition specified in the notice, the member may require the driver — 

            (a)         to discontinue driving or using the vehicle until the condition is complied with; or

            (b)         to take the vehicle by a route indicated by the member of the Police Force to the nearest police station or other suitable place and then to discontinue driving or using it until the condition is complied with.

        (4)         If the driver is not the owner of the vehicle, the driver must tell the owner that the direction has been given.

        (5)         If the direction is not complied with, each of the following persons commits an offence — 

            (a)         the owner of the vehicle;

            (b)         the driver of the vehicle;

            (c)         a person who drives or uses the vehicle except in accordance with the direction;

            (d)         a person who permits another person to drive or use the vehicle except in accordance with the direction.

        [Regulation 1106A inserted in Gazette 17 Nov 1998 p. 6255-6.]