Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 39 of 1988 - SECT 12

12. Section 56 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (2) and
substituting the following subsections:

"(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may
make provision for and in relation to:

   (a)  regulating the use and operation of registered motor vehicles and
        trailers and prescribing operating standards (including mass limits)
        of such vehicles and trailers;

   (b)  prohibiting or regulating specified conduct or activities:

        (i)    in registered motor vehicles or trailers; or

        (ii)   in connection with the operation or use of registered motor
               vehicles or trailers;

   (c)  providing for the charging of fees (other than fees for the purposes
        of paragraph 9 (1) (a), subparagraph 9 (3) (b) (ii) or subsection 12
        (2)) in respect of functions performed by a Regulatory Authority in or
        in connection with the registration under this Act of a motor vehicle
        or trailer or the licensing under this Act of a person who proposes to
        carry on long distance interstate road transport business;

   (d)  penalties not exceeding a fine of $3000 for offences against
        regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 13 (aa);

   (e)  penalties not exceeding a fine of $500 for other offences against the
        regulations; and

   (f)  enabling a person who is alleged to have committed an offence referred
        to in paragraph (e) to pay to the Commonwealth, as an alternative to
        prosecution, a penalty not exceeding:

        (i)    in the case of a natural person-$100; or

        (ii)   in the case of a body corporate-$500.

"(3) The regulations may make provision for or in relation to a matter by
applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter
contained in an instrument or other writing as in force at a particular time
or as in force from time to time.

"(4) A fee provided for under paragraph (2) (c) shall not exceed $100.".