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TASMANIA
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PASSENGER TRANSPORT AMENDMENT BILL
2007
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CONTENTS
PART 1 PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
PART 2 PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1997 AMENDED
3. Principal Act
4. Section 9 inserted
9. Small passenger vehicle exemptions
5. Section 15 amended (Small passenger vehicle offences)
6. Section 16V amended (Exemptions from accreditation)
PART 3 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC ACT 1999 AMENDED
7. Principal Act
8. Section 14 amended (Driving instructors)
9. Section 15 amended (Public passenger vehicles)
10. Section 45 amended (Regulations generally)
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PASSENGER TRANSPORT AMENDMENT BILL
2007
(Brought in by the Minister for Infrastructure, the Honourable
James Glennister Cox)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Passenger Transport Act 1997 and the
Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
PART 1 PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Passenger
Transport Amendment Act 2007.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
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s. 3 Part 2 Passenger Transport Act 1997 Amended
PART 2 PASSENGER TRANSPORT ACT 1997
AMENDED
3. Principal Act
In this Part, the Passenger Transport Act 1997*
is referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 9 inserted
After section 8 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Part 2:
9. Small passenger vehicle exemptions
Notwithstanding section 7(1), the
regulations may provide that a small
passenger vehicle is exempted from the
requirement to be registered as a public
passenger vehicle until the date specified
in the regulations if the small passenger
vehicle is used for the purpose specified
in the regulations.
5. Section 15 amended (Small passenger vehicle
offences)
Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
*No. 52 of 1997
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Part 2 Passenger Transport Act 1997 Amended s. 5
(a) by omitting subsection (1A) and
substituting the following subsection:
(1A) Without limiting the matters that
may constitute a lawful excuse
under subsection (1), either of the
following is taken to be a lawful
excuse under that subsection:
(a) the driving and use of a
small passenger vehicle as
a hire and drive vehicle;
(b) the driving and use of a
small passenger vehicle
that has been exempted
under section 9 from the
requirement to be
registered as a public
passenger vehicle.
(b) by inserting the following subsection
after subsection (2):
(3) Without limiting the matters that
may constitute a lawful excuse
under subsection (2), the driving
and use of a small passenger
vehicle that has been exempted
under section 9 from the
requirement to be registered as a
public passenger vehicle is taken
to be a lawful excuse under that
subsection.
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s. 6 Part 2 Passenger Transport Act 1997 Amended
6. Section 16V amended (Exemptions from
accreditation)
Section 16V(1) of the Principal Act is amended
by omitting "exempt a person" and substituting
"exempt, by notice published in the Gazette, a
person or class of persons".
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Act No. of
Part 3 Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 Amended s. 7
PART 3 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC ACT 1999
AMENDED
7. Principal Act
In this Part, the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
8. Section 14 amended (Driving instructors)
Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subsection (1) the following
subsection:
(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the
regulations may provide that a person or
class of persons specified in the
regulations be exempted, subject to such
conditions, and until such date, as may be
specified in the regulations, from the
requirement to hold an ancillary
certificate referred to in
subsection (1)(b).
9. Section 15 amended (Public passenger vehicles)
Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subsection (1) the following
subsection:
*No. 70 of 1999
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s. 10 Part 3 Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 Amended
(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the
regulations may provide that a person or
class of persons specified in the
regulations be exempted, subject to such
conditions, and until such date, as may be
specified in the regulations, from the
requirement to hold an ancillary
certificate referred to in
subsection (1)(b).
10. Section 45 amended (Regulations generally)
Section 45(4) of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting "approved," after "determined,".
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