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Queensland
TRANSPORT LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
Queensland
TRANSPORT LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
ACT 1994
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Insertion of new s 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
80 Definition for pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 84 (Granting accreditation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 85 (Accreditation conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 131 (Lease of land to railway managers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Amendment of s 132 (Status of railway land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Insertion of new s 136 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
136 Railway works on corridor land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Amendment of s 228 (Continuation of harbours under Harbours
Act or port under Port of Brisbane Authority Act etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 232 (Harbours Corporation of Queensland) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 233 (Continuation of certain by-laws and
provisions of Harbours Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s 235 (Continuation of certain provisions of
Harbours Act about jetties and ramps etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 Amendment of s 240 (Application of Acts Interpretation Act,
s 20A to this part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2
Transport Legislation Amendment
15 Insertion of new ch 10, pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR TRANSPORT
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1998
260 Offences during retrospective period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT ACT 1997
17 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
18 Omission of s 132 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
(ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995
19 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
20 Amendment of s 56 (Using documents voided for non-payment) . . . . . . . . 10
21 Amendment of s 85 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
22 Amendment of ch 7 (Transitional provisions, amendments and
repeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend Acts administered by the Minister for Transport
and Minister for Main Roads
s1 4 s4
Transport Legislation Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 4
1998. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Section 9 is taken to have commenced on 31 March 1998. 7
(2) Section 22(3) is taken to have commenced on 7 August 1998. 8
(3) Sections 15 and 22(4) and part 3 commence on assent. 9
(4) The remaining provisions of this Act are taken to have commenced 10
on 1 July 1998. 11
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT 12
P
INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 1994 13
amended in pt 2 14
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994. 15
of new s 80 16
Insertion
Clause 4. Chapter 6, part 4, before section 81-- 17
insert-- 18
for pt 4 19
`Definition
`80. In this part-- 20
s5 5 s6
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"railway" includes a railway proposed to be constructed on future railway 1
land.'. 2
of s 84 (Granting accreditation) 3
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 84(2)(d)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(d) the applicant has a right-- 6
(i) of access to the land where the railway is constructed, or 7
proposed to be constructed, either under this Act or with the 8
agreement of the land's owner; and 9
(ii) to use rail transport infrastructure or other rail infrastructure 10
for the railway with the agreement of the infrastructure's 11
owner.'. 12
of s 85 (Accreditation conditions) 13
Amendment
Clause 6.(1) Section 85(2)(a)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(a) for the accreditation of a person as the manager of a railway-- 16
(i) constructing or maintaining the railway; or 17
(ii) managing the railway safely, considering the need for 18
efficient and competitive services; or'. 19
(2) Section 85(2)(c) to (e)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(c) for all accreditations-- 22
(i) the person's financial capacity or public risk insurance 23
arrangements to meet reasonable potential accident liabilities 24
for the railway; or 25
(ii) paying accreditation fees; or 26
(iii) another matter prescribed under a regulation.'. 27
s7 6 s7
Transport Legislation Amendment
of s 131 (Lease of land to railway managers) 1
Amendment
Clause 7.(1) Section 131(4)(a)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) if the manager agrees to meet the full costs of the acquisition-- 4
(i) for a term of not more than 100 years; and 5
(ii) for a rent, if demanded, of $1 per year; and 6
(iii) on other terms decided by the chief executive; or'. 7
(2) Section 131(6)-- 8
omit. 9
(3) Section 131(5) to (8)-- 10
renumber as section 131(7) to (9). 11
(4) Section 131-- 12
insert-- 13
`(5) A lease by the State under subsection (4)(a) may include an option to 14
renew the lease. 15
`(6) The terms of the option and the renewed lease are to be decided by 16
the chief executive.'. 17
(5) Section 131(7) (as renumbered), after `subsection (4)'-- 18
insert-- 19
`or a sublease to a railway manager granted under the exercise of an 20
option mentioned in subsection (5)'. 21
(6) Section 131(9) (as renumbered)-- 22
insert-- 23
` "full costs", of an acquisition, includes (if the acquired land consists of a 24
lease to the State) all rent or other money payable by the State under 25
the lease granted to the State during the term of-- 26
(a) the lease of the acquired land from the State to the manager under 27
subsection (4); and 28
(b) any renewal of the lease to the manager.'. 29
s8 7 s 10
Transport Legislation Amendment
of s 132 (Status of railway land) 1
Amendment
Clause 8.(1) Section 132(1), after `corridor land is'-- 2
insert-- 3
`, for any rail transport infrastructure on the land or proposed to be 4
constructed on the land,'. 5
(2) Section 132(2), definition "corridor land"-- 6
insert-- 7
`(c) future railway land.'. 8
of new s 136 9
Insertion
Clause 9. Chapter 7, part 7, after section 135-- 10
insert-- 11
works on corridor land 12
`Railway
`136.(1) The chief executive, for works carried out on corridor land that 13
relate to rail transport infrastructure, must perform a function or exercise a 14
power that, under the Building Act 1975 or the Integrated Planning Act 15
1997, would be performed or exercised by a local government if this 16
section had not been passed. 17
`(2) In this section-- 18
"corridor land" means commercial corridor land, existing rail corridor 19
land, new rail corridor land, future railway land or non-rail corridor 20
land.'. 21
of s 228 (Continuation of harbours under Harbours Act 22
Amendment
or port under Port of Brisbane Authority Act etc.) 23
Clause 10. Section 228(3), `4'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`5'. 26
s 11 8 s 13
Transport Legislation Amendment
of s 232 (Harbours Corporation of Queensland) 1
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 232(7)-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Section 232(8), `4'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`5'. 6
of s 233 (Continuation of certain by-laws and provisions 7
Amendment
of Harbours Act) 8
Clause 12.(1) Section 233(7) to (13)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(7) For the purpose of the continuing effect of the Marine Land 11
Dredging By-law 1987, a reference in it to an authorised person or officer is 12
a reference to a person who, immediately before 1 July 1994, was an 13
authorised person or officer under the by-law. 14
`(8) This section has effect despite the repeal of the Harbours Act 1955. 15
`(9) This section expires on 1 July 1999 or, if an earlier date is prescribed 16
under a regulation, on that date.'. 17
of s 235 (Continuation of certain provisions of Harbours 18
Amendment
Act about jetties and ramps etc.) 19
Clause 13.(1) Section 235(1), sixth dot point-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Section 235(5) to (7)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(5) This section expires on 1 July 1999 or, if an earlier date is prescribed 24
under a regulation, on that date.'. 25
s 14 9 s 16
Transport Legislation Amendment
of s 240 (Application of Acts Interpretation Act, s 20A to 1
Amendment
this part) 2
Clause 14. Section 240(2), `4'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`5'. 5
of new ch 10, pt 5 6
Insertion
Clause 15. Chapter 10-- 7
insert-- 8
ART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR 9
`P
TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 10
1998 11
during retrospective period 12
`Offences
`260.(1) This section applies to an offence against a provision of a 13
statutory instrument mentioned in section 232 or 235 that happened 14
between the 2 July 1998 and the commencement of this section. 15
`(2) Despite the retrospective commencement of sections 10, 11, 13 16
and 14 of the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1998, a prosecution for 17
the offence can not be started, or if started, ends on the commencement. 18
`(3) This part expires at the end of the day on which it commences.'. 19
of sch 3 (Dictionary) 20
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Schedule 3, definition "railway manager"-- 21
omit. 22
(2) Schedule 3-- 23
insert-- 24
` "railway", for chapter 6, part 4, see section 80. 25
"railway manager", for a railway or a proposed railway, means the person 26
s 17 10 s 20
Transport Legislation Amendment
who is accredited under chapter 6, part 4 as the railway manager for 1
the railway or proposed railway.'. 2
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT 3
P
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1997 4
amended in pt 3 5
Act
Clause 17. This part amends the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1997. 6
of s 132 (Insertion of new ss 9292B) 7
Omission
Clause 18. Section 132-- 8
omit. 9
ART 4--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT 10
P
OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 11
1995 12
amended in pt 4 13
Act
Clause 19. This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 14
Management) Act 1995. 15
of s 56 (Using documents voided for non-payment) 16
Amendment
Clause 20. Section 56-- 17
insert-- 18
`(1A) However, this section does not apply to a licence or other 19
document specified under a regulation.'. 20
s 21 11 s 22
Transport Legislation Amendment
of s 85 (Regulations) 1
Amendment
Clause 21.(1) Section 85, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Regulation-making power'. 4
(2) Section 85(3)(a), after `Act'-- 5
insert-- 6
`and the effect of non-payment'. 7
of ch 7 (Transitional provisions, amendments and 8
Amendment
repeals) 9
Clause 22.(1) Chapter 7-- 10
insert-- 11
`PART 1--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR 12
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE 13
MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995'. 14
(2) Chapter 7-- 15
insert-- 16
`PART 2--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR 17
TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 18
1998 19
`Transitional provisions for Motor Vehicles Control Act 1975 about 20
local laws 21
`94.(1) This section applies to a local law made under the repealed Motor 22
Vehicles Control Act 1975, section 35,1 and in force immediately before the 23
commencement of this section. 24
`(2) The law remains in force, until amended or repealed under the Local 25
Government Act 1993.'. 26
1 Section 35 (Function of local government to execute Act)
s 22 12 s 22
Transport Legislation Amendment
`Transport Infrastructure (Roads) Regulation 1991 1
`95. For section 56,2 a certificate of registration under the Transport 2
Infrastructure (Roads) Regulation 1991 is a document to which section 56 3
does not apply.'. 4
(3) Chapter 7, part 2 (as inserted)-- 5
insert-- 6
`Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulation 1989--transition 7
of approvals 8
`96.(1) An approval of something given under the code that was in force 9
immediately before 7 August 1998 is taken to be an approval of the thing 10
under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Dangerous 11
Goods) Regulation 1998. 12
`(2) The approval is subject to the same conditions that applied 13
immediately before the commencement of this section. 14
`(3) In this section-- 15
"code" means the code under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road 16
Regulation 1989.'. 17
(4) Chapter 7, part 2 (as inserted)-- 18
insert-- 19
`Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1984--exemptions 20
`97.(1) This section applies to an exemption given under the repealed 21
Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1984, section 24,3 that was in 22
force immediately before the repeal of that Act. 23
`(2) The exemption is taken to be an exemption under section 79C that 24
exempts the person to whom it was given from complying with a provision 25
of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Dangerous Goods) 26
Regulation 1998 that most closely corresponds to the provision stated in the 27
exemption. 28
`(3) Subsection (2) applies even though section 79C had not commenced 29
2 Section 56 (Using documents voided for non-payment)
3 Section 24 (Exemption from complying with this Act)
s 22 13 s 22
Transport Legislation Amendment
on the repeal. 1
`(4) The exemption-- 2
(a) is, to the greatest practicable extent, subject to the same conditions 3
that applied immediately before the repeal; and 4
(b) despite paragraph (a), expires on 31 January 1999.'. 5
© State of Queensland 1998
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