I move:
That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate the safety standards of the composition of All Terrain Vehicles and to regulate health and safety practices in use of All Terrain Vehicles in the workplace.
This Bill addresses a number of safety inadequacies that have been proved to cause death and serious injury in users of quad bikes, in particular, in the past few years. A number of coroner cases have addressed the absence of safety features on quad bikes that are now used by more than just the agricultural community. The Bill seeks to introduce a number of measures. The first is that those who use quad vehicles would have to use headgear. The Bill would also introduce roll bars in order to give people maximum protection. It would benefit from a very good discussion at the pre-legislative stage in order to enhance it and ensure we address the wide range of matters surrounding farm safety and the use of machinery on farms.
