WA Government Gazette No. 259 - Friday 14 December 2007

Road Traffic Code (Protective Helmets) Notice 2007

Given by the Director General under the Road Traffic Code 2000 regulations 222(1) and 244(1).

1

Citation

This notice is the Road Traffic Code (Protective Helmets) Notice 2007.

2

Commencement

This notice comes into operation as follows:

(a)

clauses 1 and 2 — on the day on which this notice is published in the Gazette;

(b)

the rest of the clauses — on the day after that day.

3

Previous notice superseded

This notice supersedes the Road Traffic Code (Protective Helmets) Notice 2000.

4

Protective helmets (bicycles — regulation 222)

A protective helmet that complies with one of the following standards —

(a)

AS/NZS 2063:1996 (Standards Australia);

(b)

Standard B-95 (the Snell Memorial Foundation);

(c)

Standard B-95A (the Snell Memorial Foundation);

(d)

Standard B-95C (the Snell Memorial Foundation),

and carries a sticker issued by Standards Australia, or the Snell Memorial Foundation (as the case may be), indicating that compliance, is approved by the Director General for the purposes of the Road Traffic Code 2000 regulation 222.

5

Protective helmets (motorcycles — regulation 244)

A protective helmet that —

(a)

complies with —

(i)

the type and standard specified in AS 1698:1988 (Standards Australia) and, where fitted with an eye shield, has an eye shield that complies with AS 1609:1981 (Standards Australia); or

(ii)

the type and standard specified in AS/NZS 1698:2006 (Standards Australia); and

(b)

carries a sticker issued by Standards Australia indicating that compliance,

is approved by the Director General for the purposes of the Road Traffic Code 2000 regulation 244.
ERIC LUMSDEN, Director General.

1997 Onwards

The introduction of Australian Consumer Law (ACL) in 2011 means ACCC CPN 9 applies directly in Western Australia.