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TASMANIA
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT BILL
2008
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 67 amended (Evidentiary certificates)
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT BILL
2008
(Brought in by the Minister for Infrastructure, the Honourable
Graeme Lindsay Sturges)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend 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:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic
Amendment Act 2008.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 70 of 1999
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Vehicle and Traffic Amendment Act 2008
Act No. of
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4. Section 67 amended (Evidentiary certificates)
Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subsection (2B) the following
subsection:
(2C) A certificate signed by the Commission
certifying that a speed-limit sign, within
the meaning of the Road Rules, was
displaying a specified speed limit at a
specified time and place is admissible in
legal proceedings as evidence of those
matters so certified and, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, as proof of
those matters.
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