Vehicle and Traffic (Offence Detection Devices) Regulations 2023
16Operation of devices to detect red light offences
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16 Operation of devices to detect red light offences
(1) A photographic detection device may be used to detect red light offences.
(2) If a photographic detection device is used to detect red light offences, it must be operated so that, when an instrument forming part of the device registers a vehicle in a marked lane entering an intersection contrary to a red traffic light or red traffic arrow –
(a) the device takes a set of photographs, or records data from which a set of photographs is capable of being derived; and
(b) each photograph in the set of photographs so taken or derived shows the following information:
(i) the serial number of the device;
(ii) the date on which and time at which the photograph was taken or the data was recorded;
(iii) the operator's code for the person who installed the device or was operating it when the photograph was taken or the data was recorded;
(iv) the location code for the place where the photograph was taken or the data was recorded;
(v) the code for the marked lane in which the vehicle was travelling when the photograph was taken or the data was recorded.