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Road Rules 2008 No 179

Effective date Publication date Amendments included Notes
01 October 2014 01 October 2014 2014 (SI 653)
01 September 2014 01 September 2014 2014 (SI 567)
01 August 2014 01 August 2014 2014 (SI 486)
01 July 2014 01 July 2014 2014 (SI 383)
21 March 2014 21 March 2014 2014 (SI 138)
10 February 2014 10 February 2014 2013 No 71
03 January 2014 03 January 2014 2013 No 111
20 December 2013 20 December 2013 2013 (SI 742)
13 December 2013 13 December 2013 2013 (SI 695)
06 September 2013 06 September 2013 2013 (SI 526)
01 July 2013 01 July 2013 2013 No 20
2013 (SI 258)
14 January 2013 14 January 2013 2012 (SI 604)
14 December 2012 14 December 2012 2012 (SI 622)
23 November 2012 23 November 2012 2012 (SI 579)
01 November 2012 01 November 2012 2012 (SI 533)
01 July 2012 01 July 2012 2012 No 46
11 May 2012 11 May 2012 2012 (SI 185)
16 March 2012 16 March 2012 2012 (SI 103)
02 December 2011 02 December 2011 2011 (SI 612)
22 October 2010 22 October 2010 2010 (SI 600)
2010 (SI 601)
16 July 2010 16 July 2010 2010 (SI 372)
12 July 2010 12 July 2010 2010 (SI 370)
01 March 2010 01 March 2010 2010 (SI 46)
11 September 2009 11 September 2009 2009 No 50
01 June 2009 01 June 2009 2009 (SI 213)
01 May 2009 01 May 2009 2009 (SI 156)
01 September 2008 01 September 2008 2008 (SI 396)
13 June 2008 13 June 2008

Road Rules 2008 (SI 179)

notfd 13.06.2008.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2008, rule 2.

Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Power-assisted Pedal Cycles) Regulation 2014 (SI 653)

notfd 01.10.2014.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.

Road Amendment (Miscellaneous) Rules 2014 (SI 567)

notfd 29.08.2014.

Date of commencement, 1.9.2014, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Motor Breakdown Service Vehicles and Tow Trucks) Rules 2014 (SI 486)

notfd 01.08.2014.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Lane Use by Motor Bikes) Regulation 2014 (SI 383)

notfd 23.06.2014.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2014, cl 2.

Road Amendment (Sirens and Prohibited Lights) Rules 2014 (SI 138)

notfd 21.03.2014.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Heavy Vehicle (Adoption of National Law) Amendment Act 2013 No 71

Assented to 24.09.2013.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 10.2.2014, sec 2 (1) and 2014 (24) LW 7.2.2014.

Road Amendment (Booster Seats and Child Restraints) Rules 2013 (SI 742)

notfd 20.12.2013.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Emergency Worker) Rules 2013 (SI 695)

notfd 13.12.2013.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013 No 111

Assented to 03.12.2013.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.25, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1).

Road Amendment (Riding on a Footpath) Rules 2013 (SI 526)

notfd 06.09.2013.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Transport Amendment (Learner, Provisional and Visiting Drivers) Regulation 2013 (SI 258)

notfd 07.06.2013.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2013, cl 2 (a).

Road Transport (Statutory Rules) Act 2013 No 20

Assented to 03.04.2013.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (329) LW 28.6.2013.

Road Amendment (Power-Assisted Pedal Cycles) Rules 2012 (SI 622)

notfd 14.12.2012.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Seatbelt Exemption) Rules 2012 (SI 604)

notfd 07.12.2012.

Date of commencement, 14.1.2013, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Electronic Parking Permits) Rules 2012 (SI 579)

notfd 23.11.2012.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Miscellaneous) Rules 2012 (SI 533)

notfd 26.10.2012.

Date of commencement, 1.11.2012, rule 2.

State Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2012 No 46

Assented to 25.06.2012.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.7.2012, Sch 3.

Road Amendment (Unrestrained Passengers Offence Exemptions) Rules 2012 (SI 185)

notfd 11.05.2012.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Parking Schemes) Rules 2012 (SI 103)

notfd 16.03.2012.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Garbage Truck Driver Exemption) Rules 2011 (SI 612)

notfd 02.12.2011.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Security Industry Exemptions) Rules 2010 (SI 601)

notfd 22.10.2010.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Exemptions for Stopping or Being on Freeways) Rules 2010 (SI 600)

notfd 22.10.2010.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Parking Exemptions for Mobile Speed Camera Vehicles) Rules 2010 (SI 372)

notfd 16.07.2010.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Child Seating and Restraint) Rules 2010 (SI 370)

notfd 12.07.2010.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Amendment (Isabelle Broadhead Child Restraint Measures) Rules 2010 (SI 46)

notfd 19.02.2010.

Date of commencement, 1.3.2010, rule 2.

Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Traffic Offence Detection) Act 2009 No 50

Assented to 26.06.2009.

Date of commencement, 11.9.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (454) LW 4.9.2009.

Road Rules Amendment (Graduated Rider Licensing) Regulation 2009 (SI 213)

notfd 29.05.2009.

Date of commencement, 1.6.2009, cl 2.

Road Amendment (Filming) Rules 2009 (SI 156)

notfd 01.05.2009.

Date of commencement, on publication on LW, rule 2.

Road Rules Amendment (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2008 (SI 396)

notfd gaz 29.08.2008 GG No 106 p 8726

Date of commencement, 1.9.2008, cl 2.

This is a consolidated list of all history notes for this title. View the history notes inline to see the point-in-time history of provisions for a particular historical version by clicking the Turn history notes on button.

Rule 4

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [1].

Rule 10–2

Am 2012 No 46, Sch 3.3; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [2].

Rule 12

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [3].

Rule 13

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [4].

Rule 20

Am 2009 No 50, Sch 2.3; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [5] [6].

Rule 21–1

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [7].

Rule 24

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [1]–[3].

Rule 24–1

Am 2013 (258), Sch 1.2.

Rule 24–3

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [8].

Rule 25–1

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [9].

Rule 56

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [4].

Rule 62

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [5] [6].

Rule 63

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [7].

Rule 64

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [8] [9].

Part 7, note 1

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [10].

Rule 67

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [11] [12].

Rule 69

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [13] [14].

Rule 70

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [1].

Rule 72

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [15]–[18].

Rule 73

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [19]–[24].

Rule 79

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [25].

Rule 101

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [26].

Rule 112

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [27].

Rule 113

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [28]–[30].

Rule 120

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [2].

Rule 127

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [31]; 2013 No 71, Sch 2.1 [1].

Rule 128A

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [32]; 2014 (567), Sch 1 [3].

Rule 132

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [33] [34].

Rule 134

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [35]–[37]; 2014 (567), Sch 1 [4]–[6].

Rule 137

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [38].

Rule 138

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [39]; 2014 (567), Sch 1 [7] [8].

Rule 143

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [40].

Rule 147

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [9].

Rule 151–1

Ins 2014 (383), Sch 1 [1].

Rule 153

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [10] [11].

Rule 158

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [41]; 2014 (486), Sch 1 [1].

Rule 159

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [42].

Rule 163

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [43] [44].

Rule 164

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [45] [46].

Rule 164A

Ins 2012 (533), Sch 1 [47].

Rule 177

Am 2010 (600), Sch 1 [1].

Rule 179–1

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [10] [11].

Rule 189

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [48]–[52].

Rule 197

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [12] [13].

Rule 200

Am 2009 (156), rule 3 (1) (2).

Rule 205A–1

Am 2012 (579), Sch 1 [1]; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [12].

Rule 206

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [53]; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [13].

Rule 207

Am 2012 (103), Sch 1 [1]; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [14].

Rule 207–1

Am 2012 (103), Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2012 (579), Sch 1 [2] [3].

Rule 207–2

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [15].

Rule 207–3

Am 2012 (103), Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2012 (579), Sch 1 [4] [5].

Rule 207–4

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [16].

Rule 207–5

Am 2012 (103), Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2012 (579), Sch 1 [6] [7].

Rule 207–6

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [17].

Rule 207–7

Am 2012 (103), Sch 1 [6]; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [18] [19].

Rule 207–8

Ins 2012 (103), Sch 1 [7]. Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [20].

Rule 207–9

Ins 2012 (103), Sch 1 [7].

Rule 211

Am 2012 (103), Sch 1 [1].

Rule 213

Am 2011 (612), rule 3 (1); 2012 (533), Sch 1 [54].

215–1

Am 2013 No 71, Sch 2.1 [2].

218–1

Am 2013 No 71, Sch 2.1 [2] [3]; 2014 (138), Sch 1.1 [1] [2].

220–1

Am 2013 No 71, Sch 2.1 [2].

Rule 221–1

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [21]; 2013 No 71, Sch 2.1 [4] [5].

Rule 222–2

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [22].

Rule 224–1

Ins 2014 (138), Sch 1.1 [3].

Rule 225

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [23].

Rule 227

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [55].

Rule 229–1

Ins 2010 (600), Sch 1 [2].

Rule 232

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [56]–[58].

Rule 233

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [59].

Rule 234

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [24].

Rule 235

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [60] [61].

Rule 235A

Ins 2012 (533), Sch 1 [62].

Rule 238

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [14].

Rule 245–1

Am 2010 (601), Sch 1 [1].

Rule 250

Am 2013 (526), cl 3 (1) (2).

Rule 260

Subst 2014 (567), Sch 1 [15].

Rule 261

Subst 2014 (567), Sch 1 [16].

Rule 262

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [63] [64].

Rule 264

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [65] [66]; 2012 (604), rule 3.

Rule 265

Am 2010 (46), Sch 1 [1]; 2012 (185), Sch 1 [1]; 2012 (533), Sch 1 [67] [68]; 2014 (567), Sch 1 [17]–[19].

Rule 266

Am 2010 (46), Sch 1 [2]–[9]; 2010 (370), Sch 1 [1]–[7]; 2012 (185), Sch 1 [2]; 2012 (533), Sch 1 [69]–[75]; 2013 (742), rule 3 (1) (2); 2014 (567), Sch 1 [20]–[22].

Rule 267

Am 2010 (46), Sch 1 [10]–[13]; 2012 (533), Sch 1 [76]–[80]; 2014 (567), Sch 1 [23].

Rule 267–1

Am 2010 (46), Sch 1 [14]–[18]; 2010 (370), Sch 1 [8].

Rule 267–2

Rep 2010 (46), Sch 1 [19]; 2010 (370), Sch 1 [9].

Rule 271

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [24].

Rule 271–1

Am 2008 (396), Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2009 (213), cl 3 (1) (2).

Rule 271–2

Am 2008 (396), Sch 1 [2].

Rule 288

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [25].

Rule 289

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [26].

Rule 294–3

Am 2013 No 71, Sch 2.1 [2].

Rule 297

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [81]; 2013 No 111, Sch 3.25.

Rule 299

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [82]–[84].

Rule 300

Subst 2012 (533), Sch 1 [85].

Rule 300–1

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [86].

Rule 300–2

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [25].

Rule 300–4

Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [26] [27].

Rule 300–5

Am 2008 (396), Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [28].

Rule 301

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [87].

Rule 307–1

Ins 2010 (372), rule 3. Am 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [29] [30].

Rule 307-2

Ins 2014 (486), Sch 1 [2].

Rule 310

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [88].

Rule 312

Am 2012 (533), Sch 1 [89].

Rule 313

Subst 2014 (567), Sch 1 [27].

Rule 313–1

Ins 2010 (601), Sch 1 [2]. Am 2012 (103), Sch 1 [8].

Rule 313–2

Ins 2014 (383), Sch 1 [2].

Rule 313A

Am 2011 (612), rule 3 (2) (3).

Rule 316

Am 2014 (567), Sch 1 [28].

Rule 318

Am 2012 (579), Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [31].

Rules 352–1, 352–2

Renumbered as rules 353–1, 353–2, 2012 (533), Sch 1 [91].

Rule 353

Ins 2012 (533), Sch 1 [90].

Rules 353–1, 353–2 (previously rules 352–1, 352–2)

Renumbered 2012 (533), Sch 1 [91].

Sch 3

Am 2010 (600), Sch 1 [3]; 2012 (533), Sch 1 [92].

Dictionary

Am 2008 (396), Sch 1 [2]; 2010 (46), Sch 1 [20]; 2010 (600), Sch 1 [4]; 2012 (103), Sch 1 [9]–[13]; 2012 (533), Sch 1 [93]; 2012 (579), Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2012 (622), Sch 1 [1]–[3]; 2013 No 20, Sch 1.1 [32]–[38]; 2013 (695), rule 3; 2013 No 71, Sch 2.1 [2] [6]–[8]; 2014 (486), Sch 1 [3]; 2014 (567), Sch 1 [29]–[36]; 2014 (653), Sch 1.1 [1] [2].

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