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Queensland
MOTOR ACCIDENT
INSURANCE LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1995
Queensland
MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1995
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE
ACT 1994
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 5 (Application of this Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 12 (Premiums, levies and administration fee) . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 13 (Principles governing levies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 20 (Offence of driving uninsured vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 28 (Motor Accident Insurance Fund) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
(ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995
10 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1995
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 and the
Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
s1 4 s4
Motor Accident Insurance Legislation
Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Motor Accident Insurance Legislation 4
Amendment Act 1995. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on 1 July 1995. 7
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF MOTOR ACCIDENT 8
P
INSURANCE ACT 1994 9
amended in pt 2 10
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994. 11
of s 4 (Interpretation) 12
Amendment
Clause 4.(1) Section 4, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Definitions'. 15
(2) Section 4-- 16
insert-- 17
` "public place" has the meaning given by the Motor Vehicles Control Act 18
1975.'. 19
s5 5 s7
Motor Accident Insurance Legislation
Amendment
of s 5 (Application of this Act) 1
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 5(1)(b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) is caused, wholly or partly, by the wrongful act or omission of a 4
person (other than the injured person) in respect of the motor 5
vehicle.'. 6
(2) Section 5(2)(a)-- 7
omit. 8
(3) Section 5(2)(b) to (f)-- 9
renumber as section 5(2)(a) to (e). 10
(4) Section 5(2), as amended-- 11
renumber as section 5(3). 12
(5) Section 5-- 13
insert-- 14
`(2) For an uninsured motor vehicle, subsection (1) applies only if the 15
motor vehicle accident out of which the personal injury arises happens on a 16
road or in a public place.'. 17
of s 12 (Premiums, levies and administration fee) 18
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 12(1)(a)(ii)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(ii) the hospital and emergency services levy; and'. 21
of s 13 (Principles governing levies) 22
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 13(1)(b)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(b) the hospital and emergency services levy must cover a fair 25
proportion of the estimated cost of providing public hospital 26
s8 6 s9
Motor Accident Insurance Legislation
Amendment
services and public emergency services, having regard to the 1
burden placed on the services by motor vehicle accidents;'. 2
of s 20 (Offence of driving uninsured vehicle) 3
Amendment
Clause 8.(1) Section 20, heading, after `vehicle'-- 4
insert-- 5
`etc.'. 6
(2) Section 20(1), after `road'-- 7
insert-- 8
`or in a public place'. 9
(3) Section 20(2) and (3)-- 10
renumber as section 20(3) and (4). 11
(4) Section 20-- 12
insert-- 13
`(2) A person who is the owner of an uninsured motor vehicle must not 14
permit someone else to drive it on a road or in a public place. 15
Maximum penalty--80 penalty units.'. 16
of s 28 (Motor Accident Insurance Fund) 17
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Section 28(2)(c), `ambulance'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`emergency services'. 20
(2) Sections 28(5) and (6)-- 21
renumber as section 28(7) and (8). 22
(3) Section 28(4)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(4) The amounts received into the fund by way of the hospital and 25
emergency services levy are to be paid to the Queensland Health Service 26
s 10 7 s 11
Motor Accident Insurance Legislation
Amendment
and Queensland Emergency Services. 1
`(5) The Treasurer may decide at what periodic intervals, and in what 2
proportions, the amounts are to be paid. 3
`(6) The amounts are to be applied towards providing public hospital 4
services and public emergency services.'. 5
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT 6
P
OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 7
1995 8
amended in pt 3 9
Act
Clause 10. This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 10
Management) Act 1995. 11
of sch 3 (Dictionary) 12
Amendment
Clause 11. Schedule 3, definition "transport Act"-- 13
insert-- 14
`(c) the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 for the following 15
provisions of this Act-- 16
· section 31 (Power to stop private vehicles) 17
· section 32 (Power to stop heavy vehicles) 18
· section 47 (Power to set up checkpoints) 19
· section 48 (Power to require name and address) 20
· section 49 (Power to require documents to be produced) 21
· a provision of this Act that is prescribed under a regulation.'. 22
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© State of Queensland 1995
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