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Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 2002
Repealed version for 11 July 2005 to 29 September 2005 (accessed 26 May 2013 at 03:38)
Clause 3

3   Definitions

(1)  In this Regulation:

area of operations, in relation to a declared organisation, means the area of operations specified in relation to that organisation in Column 2 of Schedule 3 to the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999.

Australian Road Rules has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999.

authorised officer means an officer of a class referred to in Schedule 1, being a person who satisfies the criteria specified in that Schedule in respect of an officer of that class.

class A motor vehicle means:

(a)  a motor vehicle with a GVM not exceeding 4.5 tonnes, or
(b)  a motor vehicle and trailer combination with a GCM not exceeding 4.5 tonnes.

class B motor vehicle means:

(a)  a motor vehicle with a GVM exceeding 4.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes, or
(b)  a motor vehicle and trailer combination with a GCM exceeding 4.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes.

class C motor vehicle means:

(a)  a motor vehicle with a GVM exceeding 12 tonnes, or
(b)  a motor vehicle and trailer combination with a GCM exceeding 12 tonnes.

declared organisation means an organisation specified in Column 1 of Schedule 3 to the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999.

GCM has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.

GVM has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.

heavy motor vehicle has the same meaning as it has in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.

local council means the council of a local government area.

Safe-T-Cam sign means a traffic sign bearing the words “SAFE-T-CAM MANAGING SPEED AND FATIGUE”.

Safe-T-Cam zone means a length of road to which a Safe-T-Cam sign applies, being a length of road beginning at a Safe-T-Cam sign and ending 300 metres along the length of road in the direction driven by a driver on the road who faces the sign before passing it.

the Act means the Road Transport (General) Act 1999.

(2)  The persons referred to in Schedule 1 are prescribed as authorised officers for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of authorised officer in section 3 (1) of the Act, but only in relation to the functions conferred on authorised officers by section 15 of the Act.
(3)  Words and expressions that are used in Schedule 1 in connection with a provision of an Act or instrument have the same meanings in that Schedule as they have in that provision.
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