ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 109
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 109
109 . Transitional and savings provisions for the Road Traffic Amendment (Impounding and Confiscation of Vehicles) Act 2016
(1) In this section
—
amendment Act means the Road Traffic Amendment
(Impounding and Confiscation of Vehicles) Act 2016 ;
commencement day means —
(a) in
subsections (2) to (5), the day on which section 7 of the amendment Act comes
into operation;
(b) in
subsections (6) to (9), the day on which section 31 of the amendment Act comes
into operation;
former , in relation to a provision of this Act,
means the provision as it was immediately before commencement day.
(2) An offence
committed under former section 60(1) is, on and after commencement day, to be
taken to be an offence under section 60(1A)(b) for the purposes of Part V.
(3) An offence
committed under former section 60(1a) is, on and after commencement day, to be
taken to be an offence under section 60A(1)(b) for the purposes of Part V.
(4) An offence
committed under former section 60(1b) is, on and after commencement day, to be
taken to be an offence under section 60A(2)(b) for the purposes of Part V.
(5) An offence
committed under former section 62A is, on and after commencement day, to be
taken to be an offence under section 62A(b) or (c), as the case requires, for
the purposes of Part V.
(6) Section 80A(2) and
(3) do not apply to, or in relation to, an offence committed before
commencement day.
(7) Section 80J
applies to a vehicle impounded under Part V Division 4 Subdivision 2, or on an
impounding order (as defined in section 78A), whether before, on or after
commencement day.
(8) Section 80J
applies to a vehicle confiscated under former section 80A(1) as if it had been
confiscated under section 80A on or after commencement day.
(9) Section 80J
applies to a vehicle confiscated under section 80C(1) or 80CB(1) whether
before, on or after commencement day.
[Section 109 inserted: No. 51 of 2016 s. 47.]