Traffic Act 1925 (Tas)

Traffic Act 1925

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to vehicular and other traffic [Royal Assent 11 December 1925]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART I - Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement This Act may be cited as the Traffic Act 1925 , and shall come into force on 1st January 1926.

2. Act does not apply to aircraft This Act does not apply to aircraft.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Commission means the Transport Commission incorporated under the Transport Act 1981 ; council clerk means a general manager within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ; Director, MPES means the Director, Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service appointed under section 8 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ; horses include asses, mules, and other draught animals or beasts of burden; issuing authority, in relation to a notice of demand or traffic infringement notice, includes – (a) the Police Service; and (b) a police officer; and (c) an authorised officer; motor vehicle race has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Division III of Part VI of the Police Offences Act 1935 ; notice of demand means a notice of demand served under section 43G ; officer of the Commission means a person appointed or employed pursuant to section 8 of the Transport Act 1981 ; parking offence means an offence arising by reason of a vehicle being placed, left, or allowed to remain in a stationary position in any street or part of a street contrary to the regulations made under this Act; public passenger vehicle means a motor vehicle that is used to operate a passenger transport service within the meaning of the Passenger Transport Services Act 2011 ; public street means any street, road, lane, thoroughfare, footpath, bridge, or place open to or used by the public, or to which the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment of a fee or otherwise; registered operator of a motor vehicle or a trailer means the registered operator for the purposes of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 or a corresponding law and includes – (a) in the case of a vehicle to which a trade plate under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 or a similar device under a corresponding law is affixed – the person to whom the trade plate or similar device was issued; or (b) in the case of a vehicle for which a short term unregistered vehicle permit under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 or a similar authorisation under a corresponding law has been issued – the person to whom the permit or authorisation was issued; the regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act; reliability trial has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Division III of Part VI of the Police Offences Act 1935 ; Road Rules means the rules made under section 31A ; traffic infringement notice has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 43H (1) ; vehicle includes any description of vehicle designed to move or to be moved on one or more wheels or revolving runners, and any truck, barrow, or similar vehicle, but, except as may be expressly prescribed by regulations, does not include a vehicle constructed or adapted for propulsion on rails only. (2) This Act is to be read together with the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 as a single Act and accordingly – (a) words and expressions used in this Act that are defined under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 (and not in this Act) have, unless the contrary intention appears, the same respective meanings; and (b) a reference to "this Act" extends, unless the contrary intention appears, to both Acts. (3) . . . . . . . .