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Amendment Bill 1998
Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.
(a)
to amend the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997:
(i)
to confer regulation-making powers in respect of vehicle
standards and inspections, and
(ii)
to expand the existing regulation-making powers in respect of
the registration of vehicles, and
(iii) to require the Minister to consult with the Minister
administering the Motor Accidents Act 1988 before making a
declaration under section 25 of the Act, and
(iv) to enable the Minister to make declarations exempting
registrable vehicles in particular locations and circumstances
from the operation of the Act or regulations made under it, and
(v) to enable the regulations to authorise the suspension of
exemptions given by the regulations, and
(vi) to enable more than one person to be recorded as a registered
operator of a registrable vehicle in accordance with the
regulations, and
(vii) to transfer into the Act (with necessary modifications)
provisions presently contained in section 5C (Driving etc of
dangerously defective motor vehicles) of the Traffic Act 1909,
and
(viii) to enable the Authority to correct erroneous entries in the
Register of Registrable Vehicles established under the Act, and
(ix) to extend the power of inspection of defective vehicles conferred
by section 26 of the Act so that it mirrors inspection powers
presently contained in Regulation 93 (Official inspection of
vehicles) of the Motor Traffic Regulations 1935, and
(X) to make other consequential amendments and amendments by
way of statute law revision,
(b) to amend the Traffic Amendment (Vehicle Identification) Act 1996 to
clarify the meaning of the definition of vehicle identifier in provisions
concerning written off and wrecked motor vehicles to be inserted in the
Traffic Act 1909 on the commencement of the 1996 Act,
(c) to amend the Transport Administration Act 1988 to ensure that only
prescribed fees and charges paid under the Road Transport (Vehicle
Registration) Act 1997 and various other Acts and regulations are
exempted from the requirement under that Act that moneys received
by or on account of the Authority be paid into the Roads and Traffic
Authority Fund established in the Special Deposits Account in the
Treasury,
(d) to make other consequential amendments and amendments by way of
statute law revision to the Traffic Act 1909 and various other Acts.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on a day or
days to be appointed by proclamation.
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Clause 3 is a formal provision giving effect to the amendments to the Road
Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 set out in Schedule 1.
Clause 4 is a formal provision giving effect to the amendments to the Traffic
Act 1909 and other Acts set out in Schedule 2.
Clause 5 provides that matter appearing under the heading of "Explanatory
note" in any of the Schedules to the proposed Act does not form part of the
proposed Act.
A detailed explanation of each of the amendments is set out in the Bill after
the amendment concerned.
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