Queensland Helmet Regulations
Transport Operations (Road Use Management-Road Rules) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018
Subordinate Legislation 2018 No. 195
Part 1 Preliminary
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Short Title
This regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Road Use Management-Road Rules) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018.
Part 2 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
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This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009.
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Amendment of s 5 (Compliance with standards)
 
(1) Section 5(1)--

insert--

(c)
a reference to a standard using the designation made up of ‘UN ECE’ and a number is a reference to the standard as in force from time to time under that designation.
Example--

‘UN ECE 22.05’ is a reference to the standard that is in force under that designation at the relevant time.

 
(2) Section 5(3), definition standard, ‘or AS/NZS’--

omit, insert--

, AS/NZS or UN ECE

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Amendment of s 270 (Wearing motorbike helmets)
 
Section 270(3), definition approved motorbike helmet, paragraph (a)(iii)--
omit, insert--

(iii) UN ECE 22.05; or

ENDNOTES

1 Made by the Governor in Council on 22 November 2018.

2 Notified on the Queensland legislation website on 23 November 2018.

3 The administering agency is the Department of Transport and Main Roads.

Notes

The helmet regulations are set directly in part 16 of the Road Rules Regulations 2009, Rule 270

There are no known gazetted regulations under the discretion of the chief executive allowing other standards.

Rule 270 - modified in s 270 amd 2013 SL No. 192 s 39; 2014 SL No. 325 s 15; 2016 SL No. 240 s 11; 2018 SL No. 195

The addition of Quads into RR270 makes it harder to unify the rules under the ARR