Average Speed Cameras, Emergency Service Vehicles Exempt from Heavy Vehicle Fatigue Rules, and New Port Information-Gathering Powers
Roads, Road Safety and Ports Legislation Amendment Bill 2026
1st House
2nd House
Law
This bill was sponsored by Melissa Horne (ALP)
Links to official parliament websites
Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Average speed enforcement is introduced: police can use paired camera readings to measure a vehicle's average speed between two detection points on a length of road and prosecute for exceeding the speed limit over that distance.
Emergency service vehicles are exempted from certain heavy vehicle fatigue management requirements in the Heavy Vehicle National Law when responding to emergencies.
The Head, Transport for Victoria gains power to temporarily declare and name roads without a ministerial order.
Toll road operators on EastLink, CityLink, North East Link, and West Gate Tunnel are protected from liability for tolling errors where an effective tolling statement has been issued; various technical corrections are made to those Acts.
New information-gathering powers and charges provisions are added to the Port Management Act 1995.