1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Motor Sports (World Rally Championship) Regulation 2009.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Definition
In this Regulation, the Act means the Motor Sports (World Rally Championship) Act 2009.
4 Certain provisions of roads legislation apply to rally events and areas: section 17
(1) For the purposes of section 17 of the Act, the provisions of the Roads Act 1993 and the instruments made under that Act apply, during a declared rally period, in relation to the conduct of a rally event or the area in which it is conducted, but subject to the following modifications:(a) section 115 (2) of the Roads Act 1993 is modified by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (f) of that subsection:(f1) for the purpose of enabling a public road to be used for the conduct of a rally event (within the meaning of the Motor Sports (World Rally Championship) Act 2009) or the carrying out of any related works or activities (including the reinstatement of land as referred to in that Act), or(b) section 115 (3) of the Roads Act 1993 is modified by inserting the following at the end of that subsection:However, this subsection does not apply in relation to the conduct of a rally event (within the meaning of the Motor Sports (World Rally Championship) Act 2009) or the carrying out of any related works or activities (including the reinstatement of land as referred to in that Act).(c) section 138 (1) of the Roads Act 1993 is modified by inserting “or for the purpose of enabling a public road to be used for the conduct of a rally event (within the meaning of the Motor Sports (World Rally Championship) Act 2009) or the carrying out of any related works or activities (including the reinstatement of land as referred to in that Act)” after “appropriate roads authority”,(d) clause 11 (2) of the Roads Regulation 2008 is modified by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c) of that subsection:(c1) the doing of anything on a road for the purpose of enabling the road to be used for the conduct of a rally event (within the meaning of the Motor Sports (World Rally Championship) Act 2009) or the carrying out of any related works or activities (including the reinstatement of land as referred to in that Act), or(e) clause 12 of the Roads Regulation 2008 is modified by inserting the following subclause at the end of that clause:(2) Subclause (1) (a) does not apply in relation to a road temporarily closed for the purpose of enabling participants in a rally event (within the meaning of the Motor Sports (World Rally Championship) Act 2009) to use the road during a stage of the rally event.(2) Accordingly, functions referred to in section 115 (2) of the Roads Act 1993 are conferred on roads authorities (within the meaning of that Act) by subclause (1).
5 Prescribed regions for section 4 of Act
For the purposes of section 4 of the Act, the region comprising the following local government areas is prescribed:(a) Bellingen,(b) Clarence Valley,(c) Coffs Harbour City,(d) Kempsey,(e) Nambucca.Note—Section 4 of the Act provides that the Minister may, by order, declare any area within the Northern Rivers Region, or within any other region of the State prescribed by the regulations, as the area within which a rally event may be conducted.cl 5: Ins 2011 (241), cl 3.