The Traffic Act 1976 (37 of 1976)

AN ACT to amend the Traffic Act 1925 and the Traffic Act 1972.
[21 June 1976]

 
BE it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows --
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(1) This Act may be cited as the Traffic Act 1976.
 
(2) The Traffic Act 1925, as subsequently amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
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Section 43 A of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:
 
(1a)
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is exempted from wearing a protective helmet by virtue of a permit issued under subsection (1B).
(1B)
Where the registering authority is satisfied --
(a)
on the production of a certificate from a legally-qualified medical practitioner that it is impracticable or undesirable for a person to wear a protective helmet; or
(b)
that the wearing of a protective helmet is contrary to a person's religious belief --
 
it may issue a permit exempting that person from wearing a protective helmet.
(1C)
A permit issued under subsection (1B)(a) shall specify the period for which the permit shall remain in force.
(1D)
The registering authority may revoke a permit issued under subsection (1B) if it is satisfied that the grounds on which it was granted no longer exist.