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Queensland
MOTOR ACCIDENT
INSURANCE LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1996
Queensland
MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1996
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
10 Amendment of schedule (Policy of insurance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
(ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995
11 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1996
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 1996. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Sections 5(1) and 10 are taken to have commenced on 1 September 7
1994. 8
(2) The remaining provisions commence on a day to be fixed by 9
proclamation. 10
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF MOTOR ACCIDENT 11
P
INSURANCE ACT 1994 12
amended in pt 2 13
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994. 14
of s 4 (Interpretation) 15
Amendment
Clause 4.(1) Section 4, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Definitions'. 18
s5 5 s6
Motor Accident Insurance Legislation
Amendment
(2) Section 4-- 1
insert-- 2
` "public place" see the Motor Vehicles Control Act 1975, section 4.'. 3
of s 5 (Application of this Act) 4
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 5(1)(b)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(b) is caused, wholly or partly, by a wrongful act or omission in 7
respect of the motor vehicle by a person other than the injured 8
person.'. 9
(2) Section 5(2)(a)-- 10
omit. 11
(3) Section 5(2)(b) to (f)-- 12
renumber as section 5(2)(a) to (e). 13
(4) Section 5(2), as amended-- 14
renumber as section 5(3). 15
(5) Section 5-- 16
insert-- 17
`(2) For an uninsured motor vehicle, subsection (1) applies only if the 18
motor vehicle accident out of which the personal injury arises happens on a 19
road or in a public place.'. 20
of s 12 (Premiums, levies and administration fee) 21
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 12(1)(a)(ii)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
` (ii) the hospital and emergency services levy; and'. 24
s7 6 s9
Motor Accident Insurance Legislation
Amendment
of s 13 (Principles governing levies) 1
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 13(1)(b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) the hospital and emergency services levy must cover a fair 4
proportion of the estimated cost of providing public hospital 5
services and public emergency services, having regard to the 6
burden placed on the services by motor vehicle accidents;'. 7
of s 20 (Offence of driving uninsured vehicle) 8
Amendment
Clause 8.(1) Section 20, heading, after `vehicle'-- 9
insert-- 10
`etc.'. 11
(2) Section 20(1), after `road'-- 12
insert-- 13
`or in a public place'. 14
(3) Section 20(2) and (3)-- 15
renumber as section 20(3) and (4). 16
(4) Section 20-- 17
insert-- 18
`(2) A person who is the owner of an uninsured motor vehicle must not 19
permit someone else to drive it on a road or in a public place. 20
Maximum penalty--80 penalty units.'. 21
of s 28 (Motor Accident Insurance Fund) 22
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Section 28(2)(c), `ambulance'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`emergency services'. 25
(2) Section 28(5) and (6)-- 26
s 10 7 s 12
Motor Accident Insurance Legislation
Amendment
renumber as section 28(6) and (7). 1
(3) Section 28(4)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(4) The amounts received into the fund by way of the hospital and 4
emergency services levy are to be applied towards providing public hospital 5
services and public emergency services and, for that purpose, are to be paid 6
to relevant departments. 7
`(5) The Treasurer may decide at what periodic intervals, and in what 8
proportions, the amounts are to be paid.'. 9
of schedule (Policy of insurance) 10
Amendment
Clause 10. Schedule, section 2, before `causes'-- 11
insert-- 12
`in respect of the insured motor vehicle'. 13
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT 14
P
OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 15
1995 16
amended in pt 3 17
Act
Clause 11. This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 18
Management) Act 1995. 19
of sch 3 (Dictionary) 20
Amendment
Clause 12. Schedule 3, definition "transport Act"-- 21
insert-- 22
s 12 8 s 12
Motor Accident Insurance Legislation
Amendment
`(c) the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 for the following 1
provisions of this Act-- 2
· section 31 (Power to stop private vehicles) 3
· section 32 (Power to stop heavy vehicles) 4
· section 47 (Power to set up checkpoints) 5
· section 48 (Power to require name and address) 6
· section 49 (Power to require documents to be produced) 7
· a provision of this Act that is prescribed under a regulation.'. 8
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© State of Queensland 1996
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