STATUTES AMENDMENT (ROAD TRANSPORT COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 13 OF 2006)

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Amendment provisions

PART 2--Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961 (temporary powers related to drink driving and drug driving)

• 4 Insertion of section 47EAB

PART 3--Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961

• 5 Amendment of section 5--Interpretation
• 6 Substitution of section 8A
• 7 Amendment of section 16--Roads under care etc of Commissioner of Highways
• 8 Amendment of section 17--Installation etc of traffic control devices
• 9 Amendment of section 18--Direction as to installation etc of traffic control devices
• 10 Amendment of section 19--Cost of traffic control devices and duty to maintain
• 11 Amendment of section 19A--Recovery of cost of installing certain traffic control devices
• 12 Amendment of section 21--Offences relating to traffic control devices
• 13 Amendment of section 31--Action to deal with false devices or hazards to traffic
• 14 Substitution of Part 2 Divisions 4 and 5

Division 4--Enforcement officers for Australian road laws

Division 5--General enforcement powers for Australian road laws

PART 2A--Mutual recognition and corresponding road laws

• 15 Repeal of Part 3 Division 1
• 16 Repeal of section 47EAB
• 17 Repeal of section 86
• 18 Repeal of section 106
• 19 Amendment of section 107--Damage to road infrastructure
• 20 Repeal of section 110AAD
• 21 Repeal of section 112
• 22 Repeal of section 114
• 23 Amendment of section 115--Standard form conditions for oversize or overmass vehicle exemptions
• 24 Insertion of Part 4 Divisions 3A and 3B

Division 3A--Provisions relating to breaches of vehicle standards or maintenance requirements

Division 3B--Provisions relating to breaches of mass, dimension and load restraint requirements

• 25 Substitution of sections 148 to 156
Subdivision 1--Defect notices relating to breaches of vehicle standards or maintenance requirements
• 26 Amendment and redesignation of section 160--Defect notices
• 27 Insertion of Subdivision 2
Subdivision 2--Formal warnings relating to breaches of mass, dimension or load restraint requirements Subdivision 3--Directions powers relating to breaches of mass, dimension or load restraint requirements
• 28 Amendment of section 161A--Driving of certain vehicles subject to Ministerial approval
• 29 Amendment of section 162A--Seat belts and child restraints
• 30 Amendment of section 163GA--Maintenance records
• 31 Repeal of section 163H
• 32 Amendment of section 163I--Evidentiary
• 33 Substitution of section 163KA

PART 4B--Special provisions relating to heavy vehicle offences

Division 1--Improvement notices

Division 2--Sanctions for heavy vehicle offences

Division 3--Criminal responsibility in relation to organisations and employers

PART 4C--General compensation orders

• 34 Amendment of section 164A--Offences and penalties
• 35 Amendment of section 165--False statements
• 36 Substitution of section 166
• 37 Amendment of section 168--Power of court to make orders relating to licences or registration
• 38 Amendment of section 173A--Defence relating to registered owner or operator
• 39 Insertion of section 173AB
• 40 Insertion of section 174AB
• 41 Insertion of sections 174F to 174K
• 42 Amendment of section 175--Evidence
• 43 Amendment of section 176--Regulations and rules
• 44 Amendments relating to members of police force
• 45 Amendments relating to inspectors

PART 4--Amendment of Motor Vehicles Act 1959

• 46 Amendment of section 5--Interpretation
• 47 Amendment of section 7--Registrar and officers
• 48 Amendment of section 47C--Return or recovery of number plates
• 49 Amendment of section 52--Return or destruction of registration labels
• 50 Insertion of sections 55B and 55C
• 51 Amendment of section 83--Action following disqualification etc outside State
• 52 Amendment of section 93--Notice to be given to Registrar
• 53 Amendment of section 96--Duty to produce licence or permit
• 54 Amendment of section 97--Duty to produce licence or permit at court
• 55 Amendment of section 97A--Visiting motorists
• 56 Amendment of section 98AAA--Duty to carry licence when driving heavy vehicle
• 57 Amendment of section 98AAB--Duty to carry probationary licence, provisional licence or learner's permit
• 58 Repeal of section 98C
• 59 Amendment of section 98P--Investigation powers
• 60 Amendment of section 139BA--Power to require production of licence etc
• 61 Amendment of section 139D--Confidentiality
• 62 Repeal of section 139F
• 63 Insertion of section 143B
• 64 Amendment of section 145--Regulations
• 65 Amendments relating to members of police force
• 66 Amendments relating to inspectors

PART 5--Amendment of Summary Offences Act 1953

• 67 Insertion of section 68A
• 68 Amendment of section 74A--Power to require name and name and other personal details
• 69 Insertion of section 74AB