sec.147Regulating vehicles etc. in public places

### sec.147 Regulating vehicles etc. in public places A regulation may— prescribe rules about the operation of vehicles and their use in a public place, including, for example, rules about— driver behaviour; and loading, unloading and securing loads; and keeping and producing records; and vehicle mass and dimension; and defective vehicles and ways of managing them; and the environmental impact of vehicle use; and rules for using public places for vehicles, drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and animals; and removing vehicles from a public place if they pose a risk to safety or impede the use of the public place; and the recovery of removed vehicles by their owners or registered operators, and fees for removing and storing the vehicles; and prescribe vehicle standards with which vehicles must comply to use a public place. A regulation may authorise a local government to— declare, by gazette notice— a place not to be a public place; or reasonable conditions, consistent with the objectives of this Act, for using a vehicle in a public place; or by a local law, consistent with the objectives of this Act, regulate (including by permit) access of vehicles that must be registered under this Act, to a public place in its area. s 147 (prev s 79M) ins 1997 No. 66 s 129 renum 1999 No. 42 s 54 (2) sch amdt 186 amd 2000 No. 6 s 78 sch amdt 11; 2001 No. 79 s 110 (sec.147-ssec.1) A regulation may— prescribe rules about the operation of vehicles and their use in a public place, including, for example, rules about— driver behaviour; and loading, unloading and securing loads; and keeping and producing records; and vehicle mass and dimension; and defective vehicles and ways of managing them; and the environmental impact of vehicle use; and rules for using public places for vehicles, drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and animals; and removing vehicles from a public place if they pose a risk to safety or impede the use of the public place; and the recovery of removed vehicles by their owners or registered operators, and fees for removing and storing the vehicles; and prescribe vehicle standards with which vehicles must comply to use a public place. (sec.147-ssec.2) A regulation may authorise a local government to— declare, by gazette notice— a place not to be a public place; or reasonable conditions, consistent with the objectives of this Act, for using a vehicle in a public place; or by a local law, consistent with the objectives of this Act, regulate (including by permit) access of vehicles that must be registered under this Act, to a public place in its area. - (a) prescribe rules about the operation of vehicles and their use in a public place, including, for example, rules about— (i) driver behaviour; and (ii) loading, unloading and securing loads; and (iii) keeping and producing records; and (iv) vehicle mass and dimension; and (v) defective vehicles and ways of managing them; and (vi) the environmental impact of vehicle use; and (vii) rules for using public places for vehicles, drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and animals; and (viii) removing vehicles from a public place if they pose a risk to safety or impede the use of the public place; and (ix) the recovery of removed vehicles by their owners or registered operators, and fees for removing and storing the vehicles; and - (i) driver behaviour; and - (ii) loading, unloading and securing loads; and - (iii) keeping and producing records; and - (iv) vehicle mass and dimension; and - (v) defective vehicles and ways of managing them; and - (vi) the environmental impact of vehicle use; and - (vii) rules for using public places for vehicles, drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and animals; and - (viii) removing vehicles from a public place if they pose a risk to safety or impede the use of the public place; and - (ix) the recovery of removed vehicles by their owners or registered operators, and fees for removing and storing the vehicles; and - (b) prescribe vehicle standards with which vehicles must comply to use a public place. - (i) driver behaviour; and - (ii) loading, unloading and securing loads; and - (iii) keeping and producing records; and - (iv) vehicle mass and dimension; and - (v) defective vehicles and ways of managing them; and - (vi) the environmental impact of vehicle use; and - (vii) rules for using public places for vehicles, drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and animals; and - (viii) removing vehicles from a public place if they pose a risk to safety or impede the use of the public place; and - (ix) the recovery of removed vehicles by their owners or registered operators, and fees for removing and storing the vehicles; and - (a) declare, by gazette notice— (i) a place not to be a public place; or (ii) reasonable conditions, consistent with the objectives of this Act, for using a vehicle in a public place; or - (i) a place not to be a public place; or - (ii) reasonable conditions, consistent with the objectives of this Act, for using a vehicle in a public place; or - (b) by a local law, consistent with the objectives of this Act, regulate (including by permit) access of vehicles that must be registered under this Act, to a public place in its area. - (i) a place not to be a public place; or - (ii) reasonable conditions, consistent with the objectives of this Act, for using a vehicle in a public place; or