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Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999
56DDeclaration of photographic detection device
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### 56D Declaration of photographic detection device
> [*\[Section 56D Inserted by No. 7 of 2002, s. 10, Applied:01 Nov 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-11-01/act-2002-007#GS10@EN)
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> > (1) The Minister, by notice published in the *Gazette*, may declare that a device specified in the notice, or a device of a kind specified in the notice, is a photographic detection device for the purposes of this Act.
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> > (2) A notice under this section is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the [Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1953-050) .
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> > (3) Notwithstanding section 4 of the [Traffic Offence Detection Devices (New Arrangements) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) , any notice in force under [section 3(3) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1925-038#GS3@Gs3@EN) [Traffic Act 1925](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1925-038) immediately before the commencement of that section continues in force according to its terms as if it were a notice under [subsection (1)](#GS56D@Gs1@EN) .