Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021
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29 Testing and security indicators for approved traffic enforcement devices
29 Testing and security indicators for approved traffic enforcement devices
(1) For the purposes of the Act, section 137(b)—
(a) an approved traffic enforcement device that is approved for speed measurement and is a radar based device of a kind to which the Australian Standard entitled AS 2898.1—2003, Radar speed detection—Functional requirements and definitions applies must be tested for accuracy and functional requirements—
(i) in accordance with the Standard, or
(ii) in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommended calibration method, and
(b) an approved traffic enforcement device that is approved for speed measurement and is a laser based device of a kind to which the Australian Standard entitled AS 4691.1—2003, Laser-based speed detection devices—Definitions and device requirements applies must be tested for accuracy and functional requirements—
(i) in accordance with the Standard, or
(ii) in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommended calibration method, and
(c) an approved traffic enforcement device that is approved for speed measurement and is not of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) must be tested for accuracy and functional requirements in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommended calibration method—
(i) as approved by the Commissioner of Police, or
(ii) for a device used in conjunction with, or forms part of, a digital camera device—as approved by Transport for NSW, and
(d) the prescribed period is 12 months.
(2) For the purposes of the Act, section 137A(b)—
(a) an approved traffic enforcement device approved for dimension measurement must be tested for accuracy and functional requirements in accordance with a calibration method approved by Transport for NSW, and
(b) the prescribed period is 12 months.
(3) Each of the following is prescribed as a security indicator for the purposes of the Act, section 138(1)—
(a) a series of 32 characters produced by an MD5 algorithm,