Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
sec.23Speed limit in a school zone
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sec.23 Speed limit in a school zone
The speed limit applying to a driver for any length of road in a school zone is the number of kilometres per hour indicated by the number on the school zone sign on a road, or the road, into the zone. A school zone is— if there is a school zone sign and an end school zone sign, or a speed limit sign with a different number on the sign, on a road—that length of road; or if there is a school zone sign on a road that ends in a dead end and there is no sign mentioned in paragraph (a) , on the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the dead end—that length of road. (sec.23-ssec.1) The speed limit applying to a driver for any length of road in a school zone is the number of kilometres per hour indicated by the number on the school zone sign on a road, or the road, into the zone. (sec.23-ssec.2) A school zone is— if there is a school zone sign and an end school zone sign, or a speed limit sign with a different number on the sign, on a road—that length of road; or if there is a school zone sign on a road that ends in a dead end and there is no sign mentioned in paragraph (a) , on the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the dead end—that length of road.
- (a) if there is a school zone sign and an end school zone sign, or a speed limit sign with a different number on the sign, on a road—that length of road; or
- (b) if there is a school zone sign on a road that ends in a dead end and there is no sign mentioned in paragraph (a) , on the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the dead end—that length of road. Examples— School zone sign End school zone sign