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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Melbourne City Link (Amendment) Act 1999
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purposes 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Principal Act 2
4. Amendment to definition 2
5. Registration for specified toll zone 2
6. New section 80A inserted 3
80A. Toll administration infringement notice 3
7. Prescribed penalty 3
8. Amendment of section 86 3
9. Amendment of section 89 4
10. Proper records to be maintained by relevant corporation 4
11. Amendment of section 116 5
NOTES 7
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Assembly 15 December 1999
A BILL
to amend the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 and for other purposes.
Melbourne City Link (Amendment) Act
1999
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purposes
The purposes of this Act are to amend the
Melbourne City Link Act 1995--
(a) to provide for vehicle registration to be
5 limited to specified toll zones;
(b) to provide for infringement notices to be
issued in respect of offences relating to toll
administration;
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(c) to make further provision in relation to
records to be kept by relevant corporations.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
5 day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
No. 107/1995. In this Act, the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 is
Reprint No. 3
called the Principal Act.
as at 1 July
1999.
4. Amendment to definition
10 In section 3 of the Principal Act, in the definition
of "enforcement officer" after "section 79" insert
"and includes, in relation to an infringement
notice issued under section 80A, a person
authorised under section 116(1A)".
15 5. Registration for specified toll zone
(1) In section 73(1) of the Principal Act, after "Part"
insert "in respect of that toll zone".
(2) In section 73(3) of the Principal Act, after "Part"
insert "in respect of the relevant toll zone".
20 (3) In section 73A(2) of the Principal Act, after
paragraph (c) insert--
"; or
(d) in respect of all toll zones or a specified toll
zone or toll zones.".
25 (4) In section 73D(1) of the Principal Act, after
paragraph (f) insert--
"(g) the toll zone or zones in respect of which the
vehicle has been or will be registered.".
(5) In section 73D(2)(a) of the Principal Act, for "(c)
30 or (f)" substitute "(c), (f) or (g)".
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(6) In section 77(1) of the Principal Act--
(a) after "not registered under this Part" insert
"in respect of a particular toll zone";
(b) for "a toll zone" substitute "that toll zone";
5 (c) in paragraph (a), after "Part" insert "in
respect of that toll zone".
6. New section 80A inserted
After section 80 of the Principal Act insert--
"80A. Toll administration infringement notice
10 (1) If an enforcement officer has reason to
believe that a relevant agency (other than the
enforcement agency) has committed an
offence against section 90A(2) or 92(1) or
(3), he or she may cause an infringement
15 notice to be served on that relevant agency.
(2) An infringement notice issued under this
section must be served by sending it by post
addressed to the relevant agency.".
7. Prescribed penalty
20 (1) In section 82 of the Principal Act, for "this Part"
substitute "section 80".
(2) At the end of section 82 of the Principal Act
insert--
"(2) The prescribed penalty for an offence for
25 which an infringement notice is issued under
section 80A is $2000.".
8. Amendment of section 86
(1) For section 86(1) of the Principal Act
substitute--
30 "(1) The procedure set out in Schedule 7 to the
Magistrates' Court Act 1989 may be used
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instead of commencing a proceeding
against--
(a) a person for an offence against section
73(1) of this Act; or
5 (b) a relevant agency (other than the
enforcement agency) for an offence
against section 90A(2) or 92(1) or (3)
of this Act.".
(2) In section 86(3)(b) of the Principal Act, for
10 "against section 73(1) of this Act" substitute
"referred to in sub-section (1)".
9. Amendment of section 89
In section 89(4)(a) of the Principal Act, after
"Part" insert "in respect of a specified toll zone".
15 10. Proper records to be maintained by relevant
corporation
For section 92(1) of the Principal Act
substitute--
"(1) A relevant corporation must keep records
20 that correctly record or enable it to be
determined or calculated--
(a) whether or not the relevant corporation
has registered a vehicle under section
73A and, if it has so registered a
25 vehicle--
(i) the period of that registration;
(ii) the toll zone or zones in respect of
which the vehicle is registered;
(iii) in the case of registration in
30 accordance with section 73C, the
conditions of use notified to the
person who sought the registration
and the manner in which those
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conditions were notified to that
person;
(b) whether, and if so what, information
has been given under section 73D(1) to
5 a person who sought registration of a
vehicle;
(c) any cancellation or suspension by the
relevant corporation of a registration
and the date and time on which that
10 cancellation or suspension came into
operation;
(d) whether or not an agreement referred to
in section 73B existed or exists
between the relevant corporation and a
15 person and, if so, the period for which
that agreement had or has force and the
terms of that agreement;
(e) any toll, fee or charge that has been
paid, or that is due, to the relevant
20 corporation under this Part and any
amount that stands to the credit of a
person in respect of any vehicle
registered under this Part;
(f) whether or not a vehicle is exempted
25 under section 73(5) from the
requirement to be registered under this
Part and any conditions of that
exemption.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.".
30 11. Amendment of section 116
In section 116(1) of the Principal Act, after
paragraph (b) insert--
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"; or
(c) a person authorised by the Minister
under sub-section (1A).
(1A) The Minister may authorise a person to bring
5 proceedings for an offence against Part 4 or
regulations under that Part.".
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NOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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