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TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (AUTHORISED OFFICERS) BILL 16 OF 2004

                                         TASMANIA


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                      TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (AUTHORISED
                             OFFICERS) BILL 2004

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                                        CONTENTS
                 1.    Short title
                 2.    Commencement
                 3.    Principal Act
                 4.    Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
                 5.    Section 9 amended (Administration of Act)




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               TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (AUTHORISED
                      OFFICERS) BILL 2004

            (Brought in by the Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and
               Resources, the Honourable Bryan Alexander Green)

                                  A BILL FOR

            An Act to amend the Traffic Act 1925



            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:



            Short title

            1. This Act may be cited as the Traffic Amendment
            (Authorised Officers) Act 2004.



            Commencement

            2. This Act commences on the day on which this Act
            receives the Royal Assent.



            Principal Act

            3. In this Act, the Traffic Act 1925* is referred to as the
            Principal Act.



            *No. 38 of 1925

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                                Officers)

       Section 3 amended (Interpretation)

       4. Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
       the definition of "authorised officer".



       Section 9 amended (Administration of Act)

       5. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
       subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:

                   (2) Where, under this Act or the Vehicle and
             Traffic Act 1999, any power or right may be
             exercised by an authorised officer, or any act is
             authorised or required to be done by or in respect of
             an authorised officer, that power may be exercised
             by, and that act may be done by or in respect of ­

                   (a)   an officer of the Commission; or

                   (b)   an officer of a local authority; or

                   (c)   another person; or

                   (d)   persons of a specified class ­

             authorised in writing by the Commission in that
             behalf.

                  (2A) A person referred to in subsection (2)(c)
             may but need not be a State Service employee.

                   (2B) A class of persons referred to in
             subsection (2)(d) may but need not be a class of State
             Service employees.




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