The Governor may, by regulation--

(a) prescribe specifications as to the design, material, strength and construction of safety helmets for use by persons riding or being carried on motor bikes or bicycles; and

(b) prescribe any other matters or specifications relating to safety helmets for such use.

For the purposes of rule 270 (Wearing motor bike helmets), helmets are approved motor bike helmets if approved for motor bike riders under the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2014.

The rider of a motor bike that is moving, or is stationary but not parked, must:

(a) wear an approved motor bike helmet securely fitted and fastened on the rider's head; and

(b) not ride with a passenger unless the passenger complies with sub rule (2).

A passenger on a motor bike that is moving, or is stationary but not parked, must wear an approved motor bike helmet securely fitted and fastened on the passenger's head.

In this rule:

approved motor bike helmet means a protective helmet for motor bike riders that is approved, for the Australian Road Rules, under another law of this jurisdiction. passenger, of a motor bike, includes a person on a passenger seat of the motor bike (including the pillion seat), or in a sidecar.

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears --

"cycle" means a pedal cycle or a motor cycle:

A person must not ride, or ride on, a cycle unless the person is wearing a safety helmet that complies with the regulations and is properly adjusted and securely fastened.

A person must not ride a cycle on which a child under the age of 16 years is carried unless the child is wearing a safety helmet that complies with the regulations and is properly adjusted and securely fastened.

A parent or other person having the custody or care of a child under the age of 16 years must not cause or permit the child to ride or be carried on a cycle unless the child is wearing a safety helmet that complies with the regulations and is properly adjusted and securely fastened.

For the purposes of this section, a person will be taken to ride on or be carried on a cycle if the person rides or is carried in a sidecar or other vehicle attached to the cycle.

It is a defence to a charge under this section for the defendant to prove that there were in the circumstances of the case special reasons justifying non-compliance with the requirements of this section.

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears --

"cycle" means a pedal cycle or a motor cycle:

A person shall not drive, or ride on, a motor cycle at a greater speed than 25 kilometres an hour unless he is wearing a safety helmet that complies with the regulations.

Penalty: Twenty dollars.

The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a person who is carried in a sidecar that is attached to a motor cycle.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires or some other meaning is clearly indicated --

"bicycle" means a pedal bicycle or a motor bicycle :

A person shall not, after the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven, drive or ride on a motor bicycle, with or without a sidecar attached, at a speed exceeding fifteen miles per hour, unless that person is wearing a safety helmet of a type approved by the Board.

Penalty: Twenty dollars.

The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a person who is carried in a sidecar that is attached to a motor bicycle.

The Board shall, by notice published in the Gazette, specify the type or types of safety helmet approved by the Board for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.