9CMotor cycle helmet requirements

9C. Motor cycle helmet requirements

(1) A person must not drive or, being a person of not less than 6 years of age, travel as a passenger on a motor cycle in an area to which this section applies unless he is wearing securely on his head a protective helmet of a type and standard prescribed by regulations.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply so as to require the wearing of a protective helmet by a person who has been exempted in writing by the Director General from that requirement for a reason relating to the person’s medical condition or for any other reason considered sufficient by the Director General.

(3) This section applies in every area of the State to which the provisions of this Act apply except —

(b) on private land on which the vehicle is used by consent, being private land that is neither a permitted area nor a prohibited area.

[Section 9C inserted: No. 12 of 1985 s. 5; amended: No. 76 of 1996 s. 27; No. 8 of 2025 s. 14 and 15.]