The Traffic Act 1976 (37 of 1976)
BE it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows --
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(1) This Act may be cited as the Traffic Act 1976.
(2) The Traffic Act 1925, as subsequently amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Section 43 A of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is exempted from wearing a protective helmet by
virtue of a permit issued under subsection (1B).
Where the registering authority is satisfied --
(a)
on the production of a certificate from a legally-qualified medical practitioner that it is
impracticable or undesirable for a person to wear a protective helmet; or
(b)
that the wearing of a protective helmet is contrary to a person's religious belief --
it may issue a permit exempting that person from wearing a protective helmet.
A permit issued under subsection (1B)(a) shall specify the period for which the permit shall remain in force.
The registering authority may revoke a permit issued under subsection (1B) if it is satisfied that the grounds
on which it was granted no longer exist.