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This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.*
This Bill is cognate with the Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration
Charges) Bill 1995.
enactment of the Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act
1995.
* Amended in committee--see table at end of volume.
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Clause 2 provides that the proposed Act will commence on a day or days
to be proclaimed.
Clause 3 is a formal provision that gives effect to Schedule 1 which
amends the Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1988.
Clause 4 is a formal provision that gives effect to Schedule 2 which
amends the Roads Act 1993.
Clause 5 is a formal provision that gives effect to Schedule 3 which
amends the Traffic Act 1909.
Clause 6 is a formal provision that gives effect to Schedule 4 which
amends the Transport Administration Act 1988.
Schedule 1 Amendment of Motor Vehicles Taxation Act
1988
Schedule 1 [1] and [2] update the definition of pensioner for the purposes
of pensioner exemptions.
Schedule 1 [3] inserts proposed section 3B which excludes from the
operation of the Act vehicles in respect of which charges (including nil
charges) are imposed or which are exempt from charges under the proposed
Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995. It also
contains a regulation making power to enable appropriate regulations to be
made of a savings or transitional nature when that proposed Act expires.
Schedule 1 [4], [7] and [11] make it clear that the tax set out in clauses 3 , 4
and 8 of Schedule 1 (the schedule of motor vehicle tax) does not apply to
vehicles charged under the proposed Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles
Registration Charges) Act 1995.
Schedule l [5] and [6] amend clause 3 of Schedule 1 as a consequence of
the amendments made by Schedule I [8] and [12].
Schedule 1 [8] substitutes clause 5 (1) in Schedule 1 to replace the tax rate
currently set for light special purpose vehicles with a rate for light
self-propelled plant.
Schedule 1 [9] and [10] amend clause 5 of Schedule 1 as a consequence of
the amendments made by Schedule 1 [8].
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Schedule 1 [12] inserts clause 9 into Schedule 1. The clause caps the motor
vehicle tax payable for light motor lorries at $393.
Schedule 2 Amendment of the Roads Act 1933
Schedule 2 [1], [2] and [3] repeal provisions relating to excess weight
charges and fees for excess weight permits. These charges are to be replaced
with registration charges and permit charges under the proposed Road
Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995.
Schedule 3 Amendment of Traffic Act 1909
Schedule 3 [1] enables penalty notices to be issued for prescribed offences
under the proposed Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges)
Act 1995.
Schedule 3 [2] enables charges payable under that proposed Act to be
included with motor vehicle tax as an amount that must be paid in any
amounts payable to avoid forfeiture of an unregistered vehicle.
Schedule 4 Amendment of Transport Administration Act
1988
Schedule 4 [1] confers on the RTA the functions referred to in the proposed
Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995.
Schedule 4 [2] makes an amendment as a consequence of the appropriation
of money into the Roads and Traffic Authority Fund under that proposed
Act.
Schedule 4 [3] includes amounts of charges under that proposed Act for the
purpose of determining the ceiling on the amount that the Minister may
distribute in grants to local councils in connection with buses.
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