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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (DRIVER DISTRACTION AND SPEED ENFORCEMENT) ACT 2022 (NO. 27 OF 2022) - SECT 4

Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of pilot vehicle :
portable device includes, but is not limited to –
(a) a mobile phone; and
(b) another device, or item, that is prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
portable device offence means an offence under the Traffic Act 1925 of a driver or rider –
(a) operating a portable device while the display of the device is visible to the driver or rider; or
(b) holding a portable device; or
(c) having a portable device resting on the body of, or the clothing being worn by, the driver or rider; or
(d) intentionally looking at the display of a portable device being operated by another person; or
(e) performing, or failing to perform, a prescribed action in respect of a portable device;
(b) by inserting "or rider" after "driver" in the definition of red light offence ;
(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of registration number :
registration offence means one of the following offences:
(a) an offence under section 27, 31, 32 or 32A;
(b) an offence prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
(d) by inserting the following definition after the definition of schedule of recognised interstate demerit points offences :
seatbelt offence means an offence under the Traffic Act 1925 of a driver or rider –
(a) failing to wear a properly adjusted or fastened seatbelt; or
(b) failing to ensure that a passenger is restrained as required; or
(c) performing, or failing to perform, a prescribed action in respect of the restraint of a person in a vehicle;
(e) by inserting "or rider" after "a driver" in the definition of speeding offence ;
(f) by inserting "or rider" after "to the driver" in paragraph (a) of the definition of speeding offence ;
(g) by inserting "or rider" after "where the driver" in paragraph (a) of the definition of speeding offence ;
(h) by inserting "or rider" after "driver" in paragraph (b) of the definition of speeding offence .



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