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PART 12
Powered personal transporters and pedal cycles
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Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1961
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16. Section 3 of the Act of 1961 is amended—
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(a) in the definition of “driving”, by the substitution of “bicycle, tricycle or powered personal transporter” for “bicycle or tricycle”,
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(b) in the definition of “mechanically propelled vehicle”—
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(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):
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“(a) a bicycle or tricycle—
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(i) with an attachment for propelling it solely by mechanical power or solely by electrical power, whether or not the attachment is being used, and having a maximum design speed of no less than 6 kilometres per hour, or
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(ii) capable of propulsion solely by the physical exertions of a person or persons seated on it, and equipped with an auxiliary electric motor—
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(I) which has a maximum continuous rated power greater than 0.25 kilowatts, and
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(II) the output of which cuts off when the physical exertions stop,”,
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and
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(ii) by the insertion of “, or a powered personal transporter” after “permanent rails”,
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(c) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “pedal bicycle”:
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“‘pedal bicycle’ means—
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(a) a bicycle which is intended or adapted for propulsion solely by the physical exertions of a person or persons seated on it, or
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(b) a bicycle capable of propulsion solely by the physical exertions of a person or persons seated on it, and equipped with an auxiliary electric motor—
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(i) which has a maximum continuous rated power less than or equal to 0.25 kilowatts, and
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(ii) the output of which cuts off when those physical exertions stop, and is otherwise progressively reduced and finally cut off before the bicycle reaches the speed of 25 kilometres per hour;”,
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(d) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “pedal tricycle”:
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“‘pedal tricycle’ means—
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(a) a tricycle which is intended or adapted for propulsion solely by the physical exertions of a person or persons seated on it, or
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(b) a tricycle capable of propulsion solely by the physical exertions of a person or persons seated on it, and equipped with an auxiliary electric motor—
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(i) which has a maximum continuous rated power less than or equal to 0.25 kilowatts, and
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(ii) the output of which cuts off when those physical exertions stop, and is otherwise progressively reduced and finally cut off before the tricycle reaches the speed of 25 kilometres per hour;”,
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(e) by the insertion of the following definition:
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“‘powered personal transporter’ means, subject to subsection (1A), a vehicle—
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(a) designed and constructed for the carriage of a single person, but not designed or constructed for a person with restricted mobility or for the carriage of goods,
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(b) with a maximum weight unladen of 25 kilograms,
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(c) with a maximum design speed of no less than 6 kilometres per hour and no greater than 25 kilometres per hour, and
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(d) equipped with an electric motor having a maximum continuous rated power, or electric motors having a combined maximum continuous rated power, of less than or equal to 0.5 kilowatts,
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but not including a vehicle referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of pedal bicycle or in paragraph (b) of the definition of pedal tricycle;”,
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(f) in the definition of “vehicle”, by the insertion of “a powered personal transporter,” after “mechanically propelled vehicle,”, and
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(g) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(1A) The Minister may prescribe, for powered personal transporters or different classes of them, a maximum weight unladen, a maximum design speed, or a maximum continuous rated power or combined maximum continuous rated power different to the weight, speed or rated power referred to in the definition of ‘powered personal transporter’ in subsection (1).”.
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