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ROAD TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (KEEPING SAFE DISTANCES FROM BICYCLES) BILL 2014

                  Western Australia


Road Traffic Amendment (Keeping Safe
  Distances from Bicycles) Bill 2014

                      Contents

1.   Short title                                          2
2.   Commencement                                         2
3.   Act amended                                          2
4.   Section 63A inserted                                 2
     63A.     Keeping safe distances from bicycles   2




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                      LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

              (Introduced by Hon Lynn MacLaren, MLC)


      Road Traffic Amendment (Keeping Safe
        Distances from Bicycles) Bill 2014

                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1974.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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     Road Traffic Amendment (Keeping Safe Distances from Bicycles) Bill 2014



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1    1.       Short title
2             This is the Road Traffic Amendment (Keeping Safe Distances
3             from Bicycles) Act 2014.

4    2.       Commencement
5             This Act comes into operation as follows --
6              (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
7                    receives the Royal Assent (assent day);
8              (b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after the period of one
9                    month beginning on assent day.

10   3.       Act amended
11            This Act amends the Road Traffic Act 1974.

12   4.       Section 63A inserted
13            At the end of Part V Division 1 insert:
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15          63A.    Keeping safe distances from bicycles
16                  A driver of a motor vehicle must, while following or
17                  passing a person on a bicycle on a road, keep a safe
18                  distance, between all parts of the vehicle and all parts
19                  of the person and bicycle, of at least --
20                    (a) if the speed limit applicable to the vehicle or
21                          the place does not exceed 60 km/h -- 1 metre;
22                    (b) otherwise -- 1.5 metres.
23                  Penalty: 50 PU.
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