{"ActName":"LAND TRANSPORT (TRAFFIC) REGULATIONS 2000","FootNoteRels":[],"IsFirstSection":"false","act_description":"","act_last_updated":"12 August 2026","section_html":"

[LAT 13,395]\u2003 Traffic control light signals

(1)\u2003 The traffic control light signals\u2014 may be used to convey to a driver of a vehicle the message associated with the appropriate signal.

[subreg (1) am LN 51 of 2002 reg 26, 6 September 2002]

(2)\u2003 If more than one traffic control light signal is visible to a driver approaching a junction or other location, the driver must comply with the requirements of the signal nearest to him or her on the street on which the driver is approaching and, if required to do so, stop the vehicle in advance of the stop line applicable to the signal.
(3)\u2003 If a traffic control light signal depicted in Part 4 of the Schedule is erected\u2014 must comply with the corresponding requirements, if applicable, as set out in subregulation (4) .

[subreg (3) am LN 51 of 2002 reg 26, 6 September 2002]

(4)\u2003 The display by a light signal of\u2014

[subreg (4) am LN 51 of 2002 reg 26, 6 September 2002]

(5)\u2003 If by virtue of subregulation (2) , the driver of a motor vehicle is prohibited from proceeding beyond a stop-line applicable to a light signal and no stop-line is marked or delineated on the road or the stop-line on the road has been obliterated the driver must not proceed beyond that signal.
(6)\u2003 If the driver of a motor vehicle is facing a light signal displaying the colour red and he or she has reasonable grounds for believing the signals are not operating correctly, the driver may proceed to enter the intersection or street next beyond the signal as slowly as practicable and must give way to all traffic.
(7)\u2003 In any proceedings under subregulation (6) , the driver has the onus of proof that he or she had reasonable grounds for believing the signals were not operating correctly.

[subreg (7) am LN 51 of 2002 reg 26, 6 September 2002]

(8)\u2003 If the surface of a public street is divided into traffic lanes by lines delineated, and separate light signals are erected over each of those lanes, the driver of a vehicle\u2014

[subreg (8) am LN 51 of 2002 reg 26, 6 September 2002]

(9)\u2003 The driver of a vehicle must, when making a right hand turn at a place where light signals are in operation\u2014
(10)\u2003 The driver of a vehicle must, when making a left hand turn at a place where light signals are in operation, give way to pedestrians lawfully crossing the carriageway at that place.
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