Regulation 106 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting paragraph (b) from subregulation (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:

(b) the word or words "SCHOOL" or "SCHOOL BUS" in capital letters at least 100 millimetres high; or

(c) if the warning sign is an electronic sign fitted on the front of the bus that is also used to display the location to which the bus is travelling, the word or words "SCHOOL" or "SCHOOL BUS" in capital letters at least 100 millimetres high while the warning lights fitted to the bus are flashing as required under regulation 105.

(b) by omitting paragraph (a) from subregulation (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

(a) be square or rectangular; and

(c) by inserting the following subregulation after subregulation (5) :

(5A)  Subregulation (5)(b), (c) and (d) do not apply in respect of a warning sign fitted to a bus if –

(a) the bus is fitted with a warning sign that –

(i) displays the words "WHEN LIGHTS FLASH" , using the maximum even spacing possible between the letters over a distance of 300 millimetres; and

(ii) is a single sign that is a minimum of 300 millimetres wide; and

(iii) is no less than 210 millimetres, and no more than 440 millimetres, high; and

(iv) displays each word on a separate line where each word is centred horizontally on the line; or

(b) the bus has a GVM that does not exceed 6 000 kilograms and is fitted with a warning sign that is made up of 3 separate signs –

(i) with each sign being at least 300 millimetres wide and 70 millimetres high; and

(ii) that display, when viewed together, the words "WHEN LIGHTS FLASH" , using the maximum even spacing possible between the letters over a distance of 300 millimetres; and

(iii) that are aligned horizontally; and

(iv) that are vertically stacked without a space between each sign so as to read "WHEN LIGHTS FLASH" .

(d) by omitting paragraph (c) from subregulation (6) and substituting the following paragraphs:

(c) if the bus has a GVM not exceeding 6 000 kilograms and the part of the warning sign comprises 2 signs in accordance with subregulation (5)(d)(i) , so that both signs are fitted immediately above, below or to one side of the 40km/h speed-limit sign; or

(d) if the part of the warning sign complies with subregulation (5)(d)(ii) , immediately above or below the 40km/h speed-limit sign; or

(e) if the part of the warning sign complies with subregulation (5A) , immediately to one side of the 40km/h speed-limit sign.

(e) by inserting the following subregulations after subregulation (6) :

(7)  If, due to the design of the bus, the part of the warning sign referred to in subregulation (3)(b) is unable to be fitted within the immediate proximity of the 40km/h speed-limit sign as required in subregulation (6)(a) , (c), (d) or (e) , that part of the warning sign is to be fitted within 150 millimetres of the 40km/h speed-limit sign in the location required in the relevant paragraph.

(8)  Any separate signs that make up the warning sign referred to in subregulation (3)(b) must be placed so as to read "WHEN LIGHTS FLASH" .