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TASMANIA
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT BILL
2009
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
5. Section 40B amended (Vehicle operations)
6. Section 45 amended (Regulations generally)
7. Section 46 amended (Power to stop vehicle)
8. Section 48 amended (Miscellaneous document production
requirements)
9. Repeal of Act
[Bill 95]-VII
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT BILL
2009
(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 2009.
2. Commencement
The provisions of this Act commence on a day
or days to be proclaimed.
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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4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting the following definition after
the definition of "learner licence":
"light combination" means a
combination that does not include
a heavy vehicle;
(b) by inserting "or the Heavy Vehicle Road
Transport Act 2009" after "Act" in the
definition of "traffic offence".
5. Section 40B amended (Vehicle operations)
Section 40B(2) of the Principal Act is amended
by omitting paragraphs (j) and (k).
6. Section 45 amended (Regulations generally)
Section 45 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting subsections (3A) and (3B);
(b) by omitting subsection (7).
7. Section 46 amended (Power to stop vehicle)
Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
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(a) by omitting paragraph (ba) from
subsection (1);
(b) by inserting the following subsection
after subsection (1AA):
(1AB) A police officer or an authorised
officer may direct or signal the
driver of a light vehicle or light
combination to stop the vehicle or
combination so that the vehicle or
combination, including its load,
may be weighed or measured, or
both weighed and measured, in
accordance with this Act.
(c) by omitting from subsection (1A) "motor
vehicle or combination" and substituting
"light vehicle or light combination".
8. Section 48 amended (Miscellaneous document
production requirements)
Section 48(4A) of the Principal Act is amended
by omitting "document, record or logbook" and
substituting "document or record".
9. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from
the day on which all of the provisions of this Act
commence.
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