Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver overtaking a vehicle:

must pass the vehicle at a sufficient distance to avoid a collision with the vehicle or obstructing the path of the vehicle;

and

must not return to the marked lane or line of traffic where the vehicle is travelling until the driver is a sufficient distance past the vehicle to avoid a collision with the vehicle or obstructing the path of the vehicle.

Offence provision.

Notes

1 Marked lane and

overtake are defined in the dictionary.

2 The application of this rule is modified by regulation 80 of the Traffic Regulations 1999.