TRANSPORT INTEGRATION ACT 2010 - SECT 197C Determination by the Minister or Ministers

TRANSPORT INTEGRATION ACT 2010 - SECT 197C

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a notification has been given under section 197B(2); and

        (b)     either—

S. 197C

(1)(b)(i) substituted by No. 35/2014 s. 57(1).

              (i)     the Secretary is satisfied that the respective statutory functions and duties of the regulators prevent them from varying their decisions to the extent necessary to enable the person to comply with all the decisions; or

S. 197C

(1)(b)(ii) substituted by No. 35/2014 s. 57(1).

              (ii)     28 days have elapsed since the notification and the regulators have not been able to agree to variations to their decisions to the extent necessary to enable the person to comply with all the decisions.

    (2)     The Secretary must refer the matter to the Minister or Ministers administering—

        (a)     this Act; and

        (b)     the Road Management Act 2004 .

S. 197C(3) amended by No. 35/2014 s. 57(2).

    (3)     The Minister, or Ministers, (as the case requires) must determine which (if any) decisions (the  approved decisions ) of the regulators the person must comply with.

    (4)     If the effect of a determination by the Minister or Ministers under subsection (3) is that—

S. 197C(4)(a) substituted by No. 35/2014 s. 57(3).

        (a)     a person need not comply with a decision of a road authority—the Minister administering the Road Management Act 2004 must direct the road authority to revoke that decision to the extent that is inconsistent with the approved decisions; or

S. 197C(4)(b) substituted by No. 35/2014 s. 57(3).

        (b)     a person need not comply with the decision of a regulator that is not a road authority—the Minister administering this Act must direct the regulator to revoke that decision to the extent that is inconsistent with the approved decisions.

S. 197D inserted by No. 49/2011 s. 3.