Road Rules 2019
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16 Who is a driver
(1) [Rule 16 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2021, No. 128, Applied:22 Dec 2021] A driver is the person who is driving a vehicle (except a motor bike, quad bike, bicycle, animal or animal-drawn vehicle).
Note 1 [Rule 16 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2021, No. 128, Applied:22 Dec 2021] Bicycle, motor bike and quad bike are defined in the dictionary, and vehicle is defined in rule 15.
Note 2 Drive includes be in control of – see the definition in the dictionary.
Note 3 [Rule 16 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2021, No. 128, Applied:22 Dec 2021] Subrule (1) has been amended to include quad bikes and is no longer uniform with the model road rules of Australia.
(2) However, a driver does not include a person pushing a motorised wheelchair.
Note Wheelchair is defined in the dictionary.