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Road Rules 2019
23 September 2019
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following rules under the Traffic Act 1925.
These rules may be cited as the Road Rules 2019 or the Road Rules.
Except as provided for in this rule, these rules take effect on 25 November 2019.
Rule 79A takes effect on 1 December 2019.
The objects or the Road Rules are to –
provide road rules in this jurisdiction that are essentially uniform with road rules elsewhere in Australia for all road users; and specify behaviour for all road users that supports the safe and efficient use of roads in Australia.
The dictionary towards the end of the Road Rules defines certain words and expressions, and includes references to certain words and expressions defined elsewhere in the Rules (signpost definitions). The signpost definition "road-related area see rule 13" means that the expression road-related area is defined in rule 13 of the Road Rules. The dictionary only includes a signpost definition for a word or expression if the word or expression is used in 2 or more rules of the Road Rules.
The dictionary is part of the Road Rules.
A definition in the Road Rules applies to each use of the word or expression in the Rules, unless the contrary intention appears.
A diagram in the Road Rules is part of the Rules.
If a diagram of a traffic control device, traffic-related item or symbol is in black and white in a rule of the Road Rules, the diagram may be a black and white version of the device, item or symbol – see rule 314. If so, the colour version of the device, item or symbol will be in Schedule 2 or 4.
A diagram may be an example – see rule 6(1).
An example (whether or not in the form of a diagram) in the Road Rules is part of the Rules.
If the Road Rules includes an example of the operation of a provision of the Rules – the example is not exhaustive; and the example does not limit, but may extend, the meaning of the provision.
A heading to a Part, Division, Schedule, rule or any other provision of the Road Rules is part of the Rules.
A note in the Road Rules is explanatory and is not part of the Rules.
Any Reader’s Guide attached to the Road Rules is not part of the Rules.
The word "Penalty" in a rule of the Road Rules (or, if the rule has 2 or more subrules, in a subrule) indicates that a contravention of the rule (or subrule) is an offence.
The penalty for an offence is the penalty specified after that word.
The Road Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and road-related areas.Road is defined in rule 12, road-related area is defined in rule 13, road user is defined in rule 14 and vehicle is defined in rule 15.
Each reference in the Road Rules (except in this Division) to a road includes a reference to a road-related area, unless otherwise expressly stated in the Rules.
| Examples for subrule (2) | |
|---|---|
| A reference in rule 146 (which deals with driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic) to the road includes a reference to the road-related area of the road. | |
| A reference in rule 200(1) (which deals with certain heavy or long vehicles stopping on roads) to a length of road includes a reference to the road-related area of the length of road. | |
| A reference in rule 31 (which deals with starting a right turn from a road, except a multi-lane road) to a road does not include a reference to a road-related area, because of the definition in subrule (5) of that rule. |