5Application of Regulations

5 Application of Regulations

(1) These Regulations apply to heavy trucks and commercial buses, and their drivers, on roads and road‑related areas. (2) A road is an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as one of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles. (3) A road‑related area is any of the following: (a) an area that divides a road; (b) a footpath or nature strip adjacent to a road; (c) an area that is not a road and that is open to the public and is designated for use by cyclists or animals; (d) an area that is not a road and that is open to or used by the public for driving, riding or parking vehicles; (e) any other area that is open to or used by the public and that has been declared, in accordance with section 16 of the Act, to be an area to which these Regulations apply; but does not include an area that has been declared, in accordance with another law of this jurisdiction, not to be a road‑related area for these Regulations.