Could someone legally versed or familiar with the law in South Australia help me parse the road rules regarding helmet use for bicycles in SA.
From the Road Traffic Act 1961:
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But does that actually say that bicycle riders (or motorcycle riders for that matter) actually have to wear such helmets? If not, where is it said?162B—Safety helmets for riders of motor bikes and bicycles
The Governor may, by regulation—
(a) prescribe specifications as to the design, material, strength and construction
of safety helmets for use by persons riding or being carried on motor bikes or
bicycles; and
(b) prescribe any other matters or specifications relating to safety helmets for
such use.
I note that in the following section 162C that for users of wheeled recreational vehicles (presumably skateboards, roller-blades etc but not bicycles according to the definitions in part 1-5) it is clearly stated that they must wear a helmet (barring Sikhs wearing turbans and curiously others with "special reasons"):
There seems to be no such clarifications for bicycles.162C—Safety helmets and riders of wheeled recreational devices and wheeled
toys
(1) A person must not ride, or ride on, a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy
unless the person is wearing a safety helmet that complies with the regulations and is
properly adjusted and securely fastened.
(2) A person must not ride a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on which a child
under the age of 16 years is carried unless the child is wearing a safety helmet that
complies with the regulations and is properly adjusted and securely fastened.
(2a) A parent or other person having the custody or care of a child under the age of
16 years must not cause or permit the child to ride or be carried on a wheeled
recreational device or wheeled toy unless the child is wearing a safety helmet that
complies with the regulations and is properly adjusted and securely fastened.
(2c) It is a defence to a charge under this section for the defendant to prove that there were
in the circumstances of the case special reasons justifying non-compliance with the
requirements of this section.
(3) The Governor may, by regulation—
(a) prescribe specifications as to the design, materials, strength and construction
of safety helmets for use by persons riding or being carried on wheeled
recreational devices or wheeled toys; and
(b) prescribe any other matters or specifications relating to safety helmets for
such use.
(4) This section does not apply to or in relation to a person who rides, rides on or is
carried on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy if that person—
(a) is of the Sikh religion; and
(b) is wearing a turban
Is there a separate list of Governor's regulations?
thanks in advance