Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1977 - REG 1603

1603 .         Head room (interior height)

        (1)         An omnibus with a longitudinal aisle, other than a double deck omnibus, shall be so constructed that the height inside the omnibus from any point on the floor on the centre line of the aisle to the roof is — 

            (a)         not less than 1.8 metres where the omnibus is to be operated in a service necessitating frequent stops, for the purpose of taking up or setting down passengers, and is to be used for the carriage of both seated and standing passengers;

            (b)         not less than 1.68 metres, where the omnibus is to be operated in a service not necessitating frequent stops, for the purpose of taking up or setting down passengers, and is to be used for the carriage of seated passengers only;

            (c)         not less than 1.5 metres in the case of a school bus with a tare of 1.5 tonnes or greater; and

            (d)         not less than 1.375 metres in the case of a school bus with a tare of less than 1.5 tonnes.

        (2)         An omnibus fitted with seats arranged in transverse rows, without the provision of a longitudinal aisle, shall be so constructed that the height inside the omnibus, from any point on the floor, on the longitudinal centre line of the omnibus, to the roof, is not less than 1.45 metres.

        (3)         A double deck omnibus shall be so constructed that the height inside the omnibus from any point on the floor, on the centre line of the aisle, of either deck, to the roof of the deck, is not less than 1.68 metres.

        (4)         Subregulation (1)(a) and (b) and subregulation (2), apply to an omnibus first registered on or after 1 January 1963 only.