86Modification of rule 256: helmets for cyclists

86 Modification of rule 256: helmets for cyclists (1) For the purposes of rule 256, the requirement to wear an approved bicycle helmet does not apply to a person over 17 years of age if the person is riding or being carried on a bicycle: (a) on a public place; or (b) on a bicycle path or shared path; or (ba) on that part of a road that bisects a bicycle path or shared path; or (bb) on a crossing; or

Traffic Regulations 1999 48 (bc) on a road adjacent to a bicycle path, shared path or public place for the purpose of travelling across the road by the shortest practical route in the circumstances; or (c) in an area declared by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, to be a bicycle helmet exemption area. (2) In this regulation, a bicycle path does not include a bicycle lane that is not separated from the part of the road used by motor vehicles by a physical structure or barrier in addition to or in substitution for the lane line. (3) In this regulation and rule 256, an approved bicycle helmet is a helmet that: (a) complies with Australian Standard AS/NZS 2063:2008 – Bicycle helmets; or (b) is approved by the Registrar.