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#### 24 Speed limit in a shared zone
24 Speed limit in a shared zone
> > (1) The speed limit applying to a driver for any length of road in a shared zone is the number of kilometres per hour indicated by the number on the *shared zone sign* on a road, or the road, into the zone.
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> > Note.
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> > A driver driving in a shared zone must give way to any pedestrian in the zone—see rule 83.
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> > (2) A shared zone is—
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> > > (a) if there is a *shared zone sign* and an *end shared zone sign* on a road and there is no intersection on the length of road between the signs—that length of road, or
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> > > (b) if there is a *shared zone sign* on a road that ends in a dead end and there is no intersection on the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the dead end—that length of road, or
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> > > (c) a network of roads in an area with—
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> > > > (i) a *shared zone sign* on each road into the area, indicating the same number, and
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> > > > (ii) an *end shared zone sign* on each road out of the area, or
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> > > (d) a road related area that is between a *shared zone sign* that relates to the area and an *end shared zone sign* that relates to the area.
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> > > Note.
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> > > Intersection is defined in the Dictionary.
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> > (3) In subrule (2)(c)(i) and (ii)—
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> > road does not include a road related area.
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> > Note.
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> > Road related area is defined in rule 13.
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> | Shared zone sign | End shared zone sign |