Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
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The speed limit applying to the rider of a personal mobility device is— for a length of footpath or shared path to which a personal mobility device speed limit sign or personal mobility device speed limit road marking applies—the number of kilometres per hour indicated by the number on the sign or marking; or for a length of footpath or shared path to which paragraph (a) does not apply—12km/h; or for a rider riding across a road using a crossing on the road—12km/h; or otherwise—25km/h. Subsection (1) — applies to the rider of a personal mobility device despite a higher speed limit that would otherwise apply to the rider under this part; and does not affect another provision of this part that requires the rider of a personal mobility device to ride at a speed limit that is lower than a speed limit mentioned in subsection (1) . For subsection (1) (a) , a personal mobility device speed limit sign or personal mobility device speed limit road marking applies to a length of footpath or shared path beginning at the sign or marking and ending at the nearest of the following— a speed limit sign or speed limit road marking on the path with a lower number on the sign or marking; a personal mobility device speed limit sign or personal mobility device speed limit road marking on the path with a different number on the sign or marking; an end personal mobility device speed limit sign or end personal mobility device speed limit road marking on the path; the place where the path meets, or is intersected by, a road or another path. The maximum speed limit that may be indicated on a personal mobility device speed limit sign or personal mobility device speed limit road marking is 25km/h. In this section— end personal mobility device speed limit road marking means a personal mobility device speed limit road marking that includes the word ‘end’. personal mobility device speed limit road marking means a road marking on the surface of a footpath or shared path consisting of a personal mobility device symbol and a number indicating the speed limit in kilometres per hour. s 24B ins 2022 SL No. 142 s 14 (sec.24B-ssec.1) The speed limit applying to the rider of a personal mobility device is— for a length of footpath or shared path to which a personal mobility device speed limit sign or personal mobility device speed limit road marking applies—the number of kilometres per hour indicated by the number on the sign or marking; or for a length of footpath or shared path to which paragraph (a) does not apply—12km/h; or for a rider riding across a road using a crossing on the road—12km/h; or otherwise—25km/h. (sec.24B-ssec.2) Subsection (1) — applies to the rider of a personal mobility device despite a higher speed limit that would otherwise apply to the rider under this part; and does not affect another provision of this part that requires the rider of a personal mobility device to ride at a speed limit that is lower than a speed limit mentioned in subsection (1) . (sec.24B-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (a) , a personal mobility device speed limit sign or personal mobility device speed limit road marking applies to a length of footpath or shared path beginning at the sign or marking and ending at the nearest of the following— a speed limit sign or speed limit road marking on the path with a lower number on the sign or marking; a personal mobility device speed limit sign or personal mobility device speed limit road marking on the path with a different number on the sign or marking; an end personal mobility device speed limit sign or end personal mobility device speed limit road marking on the path; the place where the path meets, or is intersected by, a road or another path. (sec.24B-ssec.4) The maximum speed limit that may be indicated on a personal mobility device speed limit sign or personal mobility device speed limit road marking is 25km/h. (sec.24B-ssec.5) In this section— end personal mobility device speed limit road marking means a personal mobility device speed limit road marking that includes the word ‘end’. personal mobility device speed limit road marking means a road marking on the surface of a footpath or shared path consisting of a personal mobility device symbol and a number indicating the speed limit in kilometres per hour.