10Offences

10 Offences (1) The words "Offence provision." in a rule of the Australian Road Rules (or, if the rule has 2 or more subrules, in a subrule) indicates that a contravention of the rule (or subrule) is an offence.

Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 4 (2) The penalty for an offence is the penalty applying to the offence Part 2 Application of the Australian Road Rules Division 1 Roads and road-related areas 11 Australian Road Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and road-related areas (1) The Australian Road Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and road-related areas. Note Road is defined in rule 12, road-related area is defined in rule 13, road user is defined in rule 14, and vehicle is defined in rule 15. (2) Each reference in the Australian Road Rules (except in this Division) to a road includes a reference to a road-related area, unless otherwise expressly stated in the Rules. Examples for subrule (2) 1 A reference in rule 146 (which deals with driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic) to the road includes a reference to the road-related area of 2 A reference in rule 200(1) (which deals with certain heavy or long vehicles stopping on roads) to a length of road includes a reference to the road-related area of the length of road.