Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Objects of Act  
   4.      Dictionary  
   5.      Notes  

   PART 2--ADMINISTRATION OF ROAD TRANSPORT LEGISLATION

           Division 2.1--Road transport legislation

   6.      What is the road transport legislation?  
   8.      Application of definitions in other road transport legislation  

           Division 2.2--Relationship between road transport legislation and other laws

   9.      General relationship with other laws  

           Division 2.3--Responsible persons for vehicles under road transport legislation

   10.     Who is a responsible person for a vehicle  
   11.     Rights, liabilities and obligations of multiple responsible persons  

           Division 2.4--Alteration of scope of operation of road transport legislation

   12.     Power to include or exclude areas in road transport legislation  
   13.     Power to exclude vehicles, persons or animals from road transport  
   14.     Application orders and emergency orders  

           Division 2.5--Administration

   16.     Road transport authority  
   17.     Delegation of road transport authority's functions  
   18.     Delegation of chief police officer's functions  
   19.     Authorised persons  
   20.     Identity cards  
   21.     Power not to be exercised before identity card shown  

   PART 3--INFRINGEMENT NOTICES FOR CERTAIN OFFENCES

           Division 3.1--Preliminary

   22.     Purpose and effect of pt 3  
   23.     Regulations about infringement notice offences  

           Division 3.2--Infringement and reminder notices generally

   24.     Service of infringement notices generally  
   25.     Contents of infringement notices  
   26.     Additional information in infringement notices  
   27.     Time for payment of infringement notice penalty  
   28.     Extension of time to pay penalty  
   29.     Effect of payment of infringement notice penalty  
   30.     Application for withdrawal of infringement notice  
   31.     Withdrawal of infringement notice  
   32.     Guidelines about withdrawal of infringement notices  
   33.     Reminder notices  
   34.     Contents of reminder notices  
   35.     Additional information in reminder notices  

           Division 3.3--Additional provisions for offences involving vehicles

   36.     Service of infringement notices on responsible people for vehicles  
   37.     Liability for infringement notice offences involving vehicles  
   38.     Illegal user declarations  
   39.     Known user declarations  
   40.     Sold vehicle declarations  
   41.     Unknown user declarations  
   42.     Obligation to provide declarations for camera-detected offences  

           Division 3.4--Enforcement procedures

   44.     Suspension for nonpayment of infringement notice penalties  
   45.     Effect of suspension  
   46.     Transfer of registration while suspended  
   47.     Revocation of suspension  
   48.     Revocation of suspension on court order  
   49.     Effect of revocation of suspension on court order  
   50.     Failure to revoke suspension on court order  

           Division 3.5--Disputing liability

   51.     Disputing liability for infringement notice offence  
   52.     Extension of time to dispute liability  
   53.     Procedure if liability disputed  

           Division 3.6--Miscellaneous

   53A.    Authorised persons for infringement notice offences  
   54.     Delegation of administering authority's functions  
   55.     Declarations by corporations  
   56.     Evidentiary certificates  
   57.     Costs of application for declaration  

   PART 4--ENFORCEMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT LEGISLATION

           Division 4.1--Production of licences and identification of people

   58.     Police officer or authorised person may require driver's name, address and driver  
   59.     Seizure of licences  
   60.     Police officer or authorised person may require people to disclose identity of  
   61.     Production of driver licence to court  

           Division 4.2--Licence disqualification and related matters

   62.     Automatic disqualification for culpable driving  
   63.     Automatic disqualification for certain other driving offences  
   64.     Court may order disqualification for other offences  
   65.     Disqualification until court order  
   66.     Effect of disqualification  
   67.     Limitations on issue etc of restricted licences  
   68.     When licence disqualification takes effect  
   69.     Multiple disqualifications cumulative unless court orders otherwise  
   70.     Additional powers of court  
   71.     Effect on disqualification of quashing of conviction etc  

           Division 4.3--Evidentiary provisions in relation to road transport legislation

   72.     Certificate evidence and other evidentiary provisions  
   73.     Acts and omissions of representatives  

           Division 4.4--Proceedings for offences under road transport legislation

   74.     Proceedings for offences  
   75.     Short descriptions of offences  

           Division 4.5--Miscellaneous

   76.     Speed inhibitor conditions  
   77.     Compensation for loss of time etc  
   78.     Effect on certain cancellations of quashing of conviction etc  
   79.     Courts to provide particulars of convictions, orders etc  

   PART 5--FURTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT VEHICLES, ROADS AND ROAD RELATED AREAS

           Division 5.1--Police powers

   80.     Power of entry for tracing stolen motor vehicles or trailers or their  
   81.     Use of tyre deflation devices  

           Division 5.2--Unauthorised use of vehicles

   82.     Motor vehicles or trailers not to be used without owner's  
   83.     Procuring use or hire of motor vehicle or trailer by fraud etc  

           Division 5.3--Written-off vehicles register

   83A.    Purposes of div 5.3  
   83B.    Definitions for div 5.3  
   83C.    When a vehicle is a total loss  
   83D.    Written-off vehicles register  
   83E.    Security and disclosure of information in register  
   83F.    Regulations about written-off vehicles  

   PART 6--FINE DEFAULTERS

   84.     Suspension of driver licence, registration etc  
   85.     Duration of suspension of driver licence, registration etc  
   86.     Revocation of suspension of driver licence, registration etc  
   87.     Revocation of suspension on transfer of registration  
   88.     Renewal etc of driver licence or registration prohibited  
   89.     Suspension to be concurrent  

   PART 7--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   90.     Definitions—pt 7  
   90A.    Meaning of reviewable decision etc—pt 7  
   91.     Internal review notices  
   91A.    Applications for internal review  
   92.     Applications not stay internally reviewable decisions  
   92A.    Internal reviewer  
   93.     Review by internal reviewer  
   94.     Reviewable decision notices  
   95.     Applications for review  

   PART 8--FEES, CHARGES AND OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER ROAD TRANSPORT LEGISLATION

   96.     Determination of fees, charges and other amounts  

   PART 11--MISCELLANEOUS

           Division 11.1--Documents

   225.    Approved forms  
   229.    Regulations may apply certain documents etc  

           Division 11.2--Other matters

   230.    Indemnity from personal liability for honest and good faith carrying out of  
   231.    Person not to hinder or obstruct  
   232.    False or misleading statements  
   233.    General regulation-making power  
   234.    Regulations may exclude vehicles, people and animals from Act  
   235.    References to Motor Traffic Act, Traffic Act etc  
           DICTIONARY
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