Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023
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Amendment of section 3 of Road Traffic Act 2006 | ||
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34. Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 2006 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “, or a powered personal transporter,” after “mechanically propelled vehicle”, | ||
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4): | ||
“(4A) The Minister may, to avoid the impairment of, or interference with, the driving capacity or capabilities of a driver of a powered personal transporter, make regulations in relation to the restriction or prohibition while driving a powered personal transporter in a public place of the use of— | ||
(a) a mobile phone (other than in the circumstances referred to in subsection (1)), | ||
(b) information equipment, or | ||
(c) entertainment equipment.”, | ||
(c) in subsection (5)— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “subsection (4) or (4A)” for “subsection (4)”, and | ||
(ii) by the insertion of “or transporters” after “vehicles”, | ||
(d) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “subsection (4) or (4A)” for “subsection (4)”, and | ||
(e) in subsection (7), by the insertion of “or powered personal transporter” after “mechanically propelled vehicle”. |