Wearing of helmets by users of motorised scooters
244B Wearing of helmets by users of motorised scooters
A person who is travelling on a motorised scooter on a road or road-related area must wear an approved bicycle helmet securely fitted and fastened on his or her head, unless he or she is exempt from wearing a bicycle helmet under another law of this jurisdiction. Fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.Approved bicycle helmet (see clause 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 6 for jurisdictional qualifications) and motorised scooter are defined in the dictionary.
A person is exempt from wearing a bicycle helmet under subrule (1) if – the person is a member of a religious group; and the person is wearing a type of headdress that is customarily worn by members of the religious group; and the wearing of the headdress makes it impracticable for the person to also wear a bicycle helmet.
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