26Motor race event lanes

26 Motor race event lanes

26 Motor race event lanes

(1) A motor race event lane may be created during the traffic management period on land in the traffic management area if authorised by the traffic management plan.

(2) A person must not drive a vehicle in a motor race event lane unless authorised by this section.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) The following vehicles may be driven in a motor race event lane—

(a) a vehicle displaying a motor race event lane permit if the person to whom the permit was issued is driving, or being carried in, the vehicle,

(b) a police vehicle or an emergency vehicle,

(c) a taxi within the meaning of the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016,

(d) a bus within the meaning of the Passenger Transport Act 2014,

(e) a vehicle being driven in a motor race event lane in circumstances where the vehicle would be permitted to drive in the lane by the Road Rules 2014, rule 158 if the motor race event lane were a transit lane.

(4) A person may ride a bicycle in a motor race event lane.

(5) The following are prescribed traffic control devices for the purposes of the Road Transport Act 2013, Part 5.3—

(a) a motor race event sign,

(b) an end motor race event sign.