Assent: 10 September 1999
Commencement: 17 December 2001

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) ACT
NO. 4 OF 1999

Arrangement of Sections

1. Insertion of new Division
2. Commencement

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) ACT
NO. 4 OF 1999

An Act to amend the Road Traffic (Control) Act [CAP 29]

INSERTION OF NEW DIVISION

1. The Road Traffic (Control) Act [CAP 29] is amended by inserting after section 16 the following Division:

Division AB - Roundabouts

MEANING OF HALFWAY AROUND

16A. In this Division:

“halfway around" a roundabout means a place, drawing an imaginary line through the centre of the roundabout, directly opposite the road from which a driver enters the roundabout .

Example:

View a roundabout as a 12 hour clock face with a driver entering the roundabout at 6 o'clock.

If the driver leaves the roundabout before 12 o'clock, the driver leaves the roundabout less than halfway around it.

If the driver leaves the roundabout at 12 o'clock, the driver leaves the roundabout halfway around it.

If the driver leaves the roundabout after 12 o'clock, the driver leaves the roundabout more than halfway around it.

GIVING WAY ON ENTERING A ROUNDABOUT

16B. A driver entering a roundabout must give way to traffic in the roundabout.

SIGNALLING WHEN ENTERING OR LEAVING A ROUNDABOUT

16C. (1) If a driver intends leaving a roundabout more than halfway around it, the driver must give a left turn signal as the driver enters the roundabout.

(2) A driver must signal an intention to leave a roundabout by giving a right turn signal:

(a) as the driver enters the roundabout if the driver intends leaving the roundabout at the first exit the driver encounters after entering the roundabout, unless that first exit is more than halfway or halfway around the roundabout; or

(b) if the driver intends leaving the roundabout at another exit that is more or less than halfway around the roundabout - as soon as the driver has passed the exit immediately before the exit the driver intends to leave by.

DRIVING IN A ROUNDABOUT

16D. A driver in a roundabout must keep any traffic island or other structure that is located at or near the centre of the roundabout on the driver’s left hand side.

COMMENCEMENT

2. This Act commences on the day published in the Gazette as the commencement day for this Act.

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