(a) provide for the
effective and efficient management of road use in the State; and
(b) provide
a scheme for managing the use of the State’s roads that will—
(i) promote
the effective and efficient movement of people, goods and services; and
(ii)
contribute to the strategic management of road infrastructure in ways
consistent with the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994; and
(iii) improve
road safety and the environmental impact of road use in ways that contribute
to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and
(iv) support a
reasonable level of community access and mobility in support of government
social justice objectives; and
(c) provide for the effective and efficient
management of vehicle use in a public place.
(2) This Act establishes a
scheme to allow—
(a) identification of vehicles, drivers and road users; and
(b) establishment of performance standards for vehicles, drivers and road
users; and
(c) establishment of rules for on-road behaviour; and
(d)
monitoring of compliance with this Act, including by using alternative
compliance schemes; and
(e) management of non-performing vehicles, drivers
and road users; and
(f) control of access to the road network, or parts of
the road network, for vehicles, drivers and road users; and
(g) management of
traffic to enhance safety and transport efficiency.
(3) It is acknowledged
that the objectives as stated in subsection (1) , and the scheme as outlined
in subsection (2) , are limited in their application to heavy vehicles to the
extent that the national scheme for facilitating and regulating the use of
heavy vehicles on roads, having effect in Queensland as the Heavy Vehicle
National Law (Queensland) , applies to heavy vehicles in the place of this
Act.
