INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT 1988 NO. 40, 1988 

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT 1988 NO. 40, 1988 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title etc.  
2. Commencement  
3. Amount of charge  

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 40 of 1988
- LONG TITLE

          An Act to amend the Interstate Road Transport Charge
                                Act 1985

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 40 of 1988
- SECT 1
Short title etc.

                                                       (Assented to 3 June
1988) 
  1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Interstate Road Transport Charge
Amendment Act 1988.
  (2) In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Interstate Road Transport Charge
Act 1985*1*.
(Minister's second reading speech made in-
    House of Representatives on 26 April
    Senate on 23 May 1988)
*1* No. 131, 1985.

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 40 of 1988
- SECT 2
Commencement

  2. This Act commences on 1 July 1988.

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 40 of 1988
- SECT 3
Amount of charge

  3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (4) and
substituting the following subsections:
  "(4) The amount of charge in respect of the registration of a motor vehicle
shall not exceed:
  (a)  in the case of a prime mover with 3 or more axles, where the gross
combination mass of the vehicle together with its trailer or trailers exceeds
38 tonnes-$5,000; or
  (b)  in any other case-$1,000.
  "(4A) For the purposes of subsection (4):
  (a)  the gross combination mass of a motor vehicle and its trailer or
trailers shall be calculated in accordance with regulations made for the
purposes of paragraph 13 (aa) of the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985; and
  (b)  a motor vehicle shall be treated as having the maximum number of
trailers that, at the time of registration, it is permitted by law to draw.".