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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961
Exemption from the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999, for Three and Four Wheel Motor Bikes which are being used for Work Related Activities by Primary Producers and Nominated Government Departments and Authorities. S.A. Government Gazette, 29 September 2005 PURSUANT to section 163AA of the Road Traffic Act 1961, I hereby exempt vehicles of a specified class, which can be identified as follows: 1. A vehicle which has 4 wheels or a vehicle which has 3 wheels where one wheel is at the front and two wheels are at the rear and the wheels are symmetrically placed about the longitudinal axis of the vehicle; and 2. A vehicle designed and constructed for the driver to sit astride; and 3. A vehicle for which the design of the engine, transmission and steering is common with those components used in the manufacture of motor bikes; and 4. A vehicle which is manufactured in volume by a company who manufactures either: 4.1. motor bikes approved by the Administrator of Vehicle Standards, Vehicle Safety Standards Safety Branch, for compliance with Australian Design Rules and road use in Australia; or 4.2. agricultural or industrial vehicles. From the following provisions of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999: • Part 8 – Lights and reflectors; • Rule 19 – Compliance with second edition Australian Design Rules; • Rule 20 – Compliance with third edition Australian Design Rules; • Rule 34 – Horns, alarms etc; • Rule 35 – Rear vision mirrors; • Rule 129 – Motor vehicle braking system requirements. Subject to the following conditions: 1. The vehicle is either: 1.1. owned by a person who qualifies as a primary producer for the purposes of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959, and the motor bike is only used in connection with the working of one or more separate parcels of land that are worked in conjunction with each other; or 1.2. owned by Department for Environment and Heritage, Primary Industries and Resources SA, South Australia Police, or Local Government Authorities and the motor bike is only used on a road or road related area for the purposes of undertaking duties directly associated with the functions of that Government Department or Authority. 2. The vehicle complies with all other requirements of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999, applicable to motor bikes. 3. The vehicle does not tow a trailer that has a laden mass which exceeds the unladen mass of the towing vehicle. 4. The vehicle is only permitted to be operated on a road or road related area for the purpose of undertaking activities involved directly with primary production or for the purpose of undertaking duties directly involved with those Government Departments or Authorities identified in Clause 1.2. 5. The vehicle is not operated at a speed exceeding 40 km/h. 6. The vehicle is fitted with: 6.1. Headlight(s), tail light, brake light and rear reflector(s). 6.2. Parking lights, if the vehicle is left standing on a road or road related area between sunset and sunrise or during periods of low visibility.
Exemption from the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999, for Three and Four Wheel Motor Bikes S.A. Government Gazette, 29 September 2005
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6.3. For the purpose of this notice ‘a period of low visibility’ means any time when, owing to insufficient daylight or unfavourable conditions, persons or vehicles on a road are not clearly visible at a distance of 250 m to a person of normal vision. 6.4. Brakes to two or more wheels complying with the requirements of Rule 128 of the Road Traffic (Vehicles Standards) Rules1999. 6.5. A parking brake that operates on at least two wheels and that is capable of holding the vehicle stationary on a 12 per cent gradient. 6.6. An actuating mechanism for the parking brake that incorporates a device that prevents accidental re lease of that mechanism and holds the brake in the applied position unless intentionally released by the driver. 6.7. A rear vision mirror or mirrors complying with the requirements of Rule 35 and 36 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999. 6.8. Footrests for the driver and if a seating position for a passenger is provided, footrests for the passenger, complying with the requirements of Rule 56 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999. 7. That if the vehicle was manufactured on or after 1 July 1996 it is fitted with: 7.1. Two rear vision mirrors, complying with the requirements of Rule 35 and 36 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999. 7.2. A horn complying with the requirements of Rule 34 of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999. 7.3. A headlight which remains illuminated while the vehicle is being operated on roads and road related areas. 8. All lights and reflectors required by this notice shall meet the location and performance requirements of Part 8 –‘Lights and Reflectors’, of the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999. 9. That the vehicle is conditionally registered pursuant to the requirements of Section 25 of the Motor Vehicle Act 1959. The notice titled ‘Exemption from the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999, for Three and Four Wheel Motor Bikes which are being used for Work Related Activities by Primary Producers and Nominated Government Departments and Authorities’ appearing in the South Australian Government Gazette, dated 12 October 2000, is hereby revoked. Executive Director Transport Services Division
Exemption from the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999, for Three and Four Wheel Motor Bikes S.A. Government Gazette, 29 September 2005
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