Western Australian Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION ACT 1966 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^6, 14. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Road and Air Transport Commission Act 1966 7	53 of 1966	5 Dec 1966	19 Jun 1967 (see s. 2 and Gazette 9 Jun 1967 p. 1547)
Road and Air Transport Commission Act Amendment Act 1968	6 of 1968	26 Sep 1968	26 Sep 1968
Road and Air Transport Commission Act Amendment Act 1970	64 of 1970	17 Nov 1970	8 Aug 1971 (see s. 2 and Gazette 16 Jul 1971 p. 2558)
Transport Commission Act Amendment Act 1972	58 of 1972	31 Oct 1972	31 Oct 1972
Metric Conversion Act 1972	94 of 1972 (as amended by No. 19 and 83 of 1973)	4 Dec 1972	Relevant amendments (see Third Sch. 8) took effect on 7 Mar 1974 (see s. 4(2) and Gazette 7 Mar 1974 p. 762)
Reprint of the Transport Commission Act 1966 approved 20 Feb 1973 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Metric Conversion Act 1972)
Transport Commission Act Amendment Act 1975	51 of 1975	18 Sep 1975	18 Sep 1975
Transport Commission Act Amendment Act 1976	24 of 1976	9 Jun 1976	1 Feb 1977 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Dec 1976 p. 5028)
Transport Commission Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1976	79 of 1976	18 Oct 1976	Act other than s. 5 and 6: 18 Oct 1976 (see. s. 2(1)); s. 5 and 6: 1 Feb 1977 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 24 Dec 1976 p. 5028)
Reprint of the Transport Commission Act 1966 approved 21 Jun 1977 (includes amendments listed above)
Transport Commission Act Amendment Act 1977	53 of 1977	23 Nov 1977	23 Nov 1977
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Road Maintenance) Act 1979 Pt. III	9 of 1979	18 May 1979	18 May 1979 (see s. 2(1))
Transport Commission Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979	93 of 1979	17 Dec 1979	8 Feb 1980 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Feb 1980 p. 383)
Transport Amendment Act 1980	47 of 1980	19 Nov 1980	19 Nov 1980
Acts Amendment (Motor Vehicle Pools) Act 1980 Pt. I	48 of 1980	19 Nov 1980	19 Nov 1980
Transport Amendment Act 1981	8 of 1981	22 May 1981	Act other than s. 3: 8 Jun 1981 (see s. 2 and Gazette 5 Jun 1981 p 1729); s. 3: 1 Oct 1981 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Aug 1981 p. 3203)
Transport Amendment Act (No. 2) 1981	56 of 1981	13 Oct 1981	Act other than s. 10 and 11: 13 Oct 1981 (see s. 2(1)); s. 10 and 11: 31 Dec 1981 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 31 Dec 1981 p. 5363)
Transport Amendment Act (No. 3) 1981	70 of 1981	30 Oct 1981	1 Aug 1982 (see s. 2 and Gazette 23 Jul 1982 p. 2842)
Acts Amendment (Traffic Board) Act 1981 Pt. V	106 of 1981	4 Dec 1981	2 Feb 1982 (see s. 2 and Gazette 2 Feb 1982 p. 393)
Acts Amendment (Motor Vehicle Fees) Act 1982 Pt. IV	25 of 1982	27 May 1982	1 Jul 1982 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Transport Act 1966 approved 19 Jul 1983 (includes amendments listed above)
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Credit) Act 1984 Pt. IX	102 of 1984	19 Dec 1984	31 Mar 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Mar 1985 p. 867)
Transport Amendment Act 1985	30 of 1985	24 Apr 1985	7 Jun 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Jun 1985 p. 1932)
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Transport Co-ordination) Act 1985 Pt. II	54 of 1985	28 Oct 1985	1 Jan 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Dec 1985 p. 4822)
Transport Co-ordination Amendment Act 1986	2 of 1986	26 Jun 1986	26 Jun 1986 (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1986 s. 4	4 of 1986	27 Jun 1986	1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2)
Transport Co-ordination Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986	46 of 1986	1 Aug 1986	1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 as at 6 Mar 1987 (includes amendments listed above) (corrigenda in Gazette 8 May 1987 p. 2065)
Transport Co-ordination Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987	95 of 1987	16 Dec 1987	16 Dec 1987 (see s. 2)
Transport Co-ordination Amendment Act 1987	115 of 1987	31 Dec 1987	1 May 1988 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Apr 1988 p. 1292)
Transport Co-ordination Amendment Act 1989	13 of 1989	2 Nov 1989	29 Jun 1990 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Jun 1990 p. 2707)
Transport Co-ordination Amendment Act 1990	34 of 1990	9 Oct 1990	9 Oct 1990 (see s. 2)
Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993 s. 7	6 of 1993	27 Aug 1993	27 Aug 1993 (see s. 2(2))
Acts Amendment (Department of Transport) Act 1993 Pt. 14	47 of 1993	20 Dec 1993	1 Jan 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 1993 p. 6861)
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19	32 of 1994	29 Jun 1994	1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)
Acts Amendment (Perth Passenger Transport) Act 1994 Pt. 2	64 of 1994	1 Dec 1994	1 Jan 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 1994 p. 7211)
Taxi Act 1994 s. 49	83 of 1994	20 Dec 1994	10 Jan 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 10 Jan 1995 p. 73)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Consumer Credit (Western Australia) Act 1996 s. 13	30 of 1996	10 Sep 1996	1 Nov 1996 (see s. 2)
Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996 s. 64	49 of 1996	25 Oct 1996	25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1))
Road Traffic Amendment Act 1996 Pt. 3 Div. 9	76 of 1996	14 Nov 1996	1 Feb 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Jan 1997 p. 613)
Reprint of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 as at 9 Sep 1997 (includes amendments listed above)
Acts Amendment (Franchise Fees) Act 1997 Pt. 8	56 of 1997	12 Dec 1997	31 Jan 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jan 1998 p. 577)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 122	57 of 1997	15 Dec 1997	15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2(1))
Rail Safety Act 1998 s. 64(2)	32 of 1998	6 Jul 1998	3 Feb 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 2 Feb 1999 p. 351)
Acts Amendment (Criminal Procedure) Act 1999 s. 10	10 of 1999	5 May 1999	1 Oct 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 17 Sep 1999 p. 4557)
Perth Parking Management (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999 s. 7(6)	16 of 1999	19 May 1999	7 Aug 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 Aug 1999 p. 3727)
Acts Amendment (Police Immunity) Act 1999 s. 10	42 of 1999	25 Nov 1999	25 Nov 1999 (see s. 2)
Reprint of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 as at 19 May 2000 (includes amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2000 s. 43	24 of 2000	4 Jul 2000	4 Jul 2000 (see s. 2)
Road Traffic Amendment Act 2000 s. 66	39 of 2000	10 Oct 2000	22 Mar 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Mar 2006 p. 1078)
Transport Co-ordination Amendment Act 2000 9	40 of 2000	2 Nov 2000	2 Nov 2000 (see s. 2)
State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 69	43 of 2000	2 Nov 2000	17 Feb 2001 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 16 Feb 2001 p. 903)
Reprint of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 as at 11 May 2001 (includes amendments listed above)
Machinery of Government (Planning and Infrastructure) Amendment Act 2002 Pt. 9 10	7 of 2002	19 Jun 2002	1 Jul 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 28 Jun 2002 p. 3037)
Bulk Handling Amendment Act 2002 s. 25	29 of 2002	25 Oct 2002	25 Oct 2002 (see s. 2)
Public Transport Authority Act 2003 Pt. 8 Div. 5 11	31 of 2003	26 May 2003	1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2384)
Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 99	50 of 2003	9 Jul 2003	15 May 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 May 2004 p. 1445)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 121 12	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 127 13	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 and 82	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Reprint 8: The Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 as at 5 Aug 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4, 5(4) and 17	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Eastern Goldfields Transport Board Repeal Act 2008 s. 15	28 of 2008	1 Jul 2008	29 Jul 2008

² The State Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 was repealed by the State Transport Co-ordination Act 1981, which was repealed by the Acts Amendment and Repeal (Transport Co-ordination) Act 1985.

³ The reference in the Taxi Act 1994 s. 49(a) to an amendment of s. 2 of this Act should refer to an amendment of s. 4 of this Act. Section 49(a) reads as follows:

“

(a) in section 2, in the definition of “omnibus” by deleting “a vehicle licensed for use as a taxi-car under the Taxi-cars (Co-ordination and Control) Act 1963, or” and substituting the following —

“

a vehicle operating as a taxi using taxi plates issued under the Taxi Act 1994 or licensed as a taxi-car under;

”.
”.

⁴ Under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 s. 112(2), a reference in a written law to the Public Service Board is, unless the contrary intention appears or it is otherwise provided under the Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994, to be construed as if it had been amended to be a reference to the Minister for Public Sector Management (as defined in the Interpretation Act 1984). This reference was amended under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(5)(a).

⁵ Repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984.

⁶ The amendment in the Labour Relations Reform Act 2002 s. 27 is not included because the section it sought to amend had been replaced before the amendment purported to come into operation.

⁷ Now called the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966; short title changed (see note under s. 1).

⁸ The Third Schedule was inserted by the Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1973.

⁹ The Transport Co-ordination Amendment Act 2000 s. 14 reads as follows:

“

14. Validation

For the avoidance of doubt, any thing done by the Minister before the coming into operation of section 7 that the Minister would have been empowered to do if section 18C of the principal Act as amended by that section had then been in force is declared to be, and to have always been, valid.

”.

¹⁰ The Machinery of Government (Planning and Infrastructure) Amendment Act 2002 Pt. 12 reads as follows:

“

Part 12 — Transitional matters

66. Transport Co-ordination Ministerial Body

(1) In relation to the functions that the former body corporate had for the purposes of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 before section 39 of this Act came into operation, the Transport Co-ordination Ministerial Body established by section 6 of that Act as inserted by section 39 of this Act is a continuation of, and the same legal person as, the former body corporate.

(2) In this section —

former body corporate means the body corporate that was, before section 39 of this Act came into operation, constituted by the Minister under the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 section 7.

67. Agreements under former Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 section 15C

(1) To the extent that, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an agreement under the former section 15C made provision about the performance of functions of the former Director General under a relevant Act, the agreement continues, when this Act comes into operation, as an agreement under the new provision of the relevant Act.

(2) To the extent that the agreement continues under subsection (1), it applies as if —

(a) instead of being made by the Minister referred to in the former section 15C, the agreement had been made by the Director General referred to in the new provision of the relevant Act; and

(b) instead of providing for the performance of functions of the former Director General, the agreement made similar provision for the performance of the corresponding functions of the Director General referred to in the new provision of the relevant Act.

(3) In this section —

former Director General means the Director General of Transport under the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 section 8 as in force before it was repealed by this Act;

former section 15C means the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 section 15C as in force before it was repealed by this Act;

new provision means —

(a) the Control of Vehicles (Off-road Areas) Act 1978 section 4B;

(b) the Motor Vehicle Drivers Instructors Act 1963 section 4A;

(c) the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943 section 3QA; or

(d) the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 6B;

relevant Act means —

(a) the Control of Vehicles (Off-road Areas) Act 1978;

(b) the Motor Vehicle Drivers Instructors Act 1963;

(c) the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943; or

(d) the Road Traffic Act 1974.

68. Delegations under former Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 section 18

(1) To the extent that, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a delegation under the former section 18 applied to the performance of functions or powers of the former Director General under a relevant Act, the delegation continues, when this Act comes into operation, as a delegation under the new provision of the relevant Act.

(2) To the extent that the delegation continues under subsection (1), it applies as if —

(a) instead of being made by the former Director General, the delegation had been made by the Director General referred to in the new provision of the relevant Act;

(b) instead of delegating the performance of functions of the former Director General, the performance of the corresponding functions of the Director General referred to in the new provision of the relevant Act were delegated; and

(c) any Ministerial approval that would have been required in order for the delegation to be made under the new provision of the relevant Act had been given.

(3) In this section —

former Director General means the Director General of Transport under the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 section 8 as in force before it was repealed by this Act;

former section 18 means the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 section 18 as in force before it was amended by this Act;

new provision means —

(a) the Control of Vehicles (Off-road Areas) Act 1978 section 4A;

(b) the Motor Vehicle Drivers Instructors Act 1963 section 4;

(c) the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943 section 3QB;

(d) the Rail Safety Act 1998 section 57A;

(e) the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 6A; or

(f) the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 section 18;

relevant Act means —

(a) the Control of Vehicles (Off-road Areas) Act 1978;

(b) the Motor Vehicle Drivers Instructors Act 1963;

(c) the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943;

(d) the Rail Safety Act 1998;

(e) the Road Traffic Act 1974; or

(f) the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966.

69. Regulations about transitional matters

(1) If there is no sufficient provision in this Act for dealing with a transitional matter, regulations under an Act amended by this Act may include any provision that is required, or is necessary or convenient, for dealing with the transitional matter.

(2) In subsection (1) —

transitional matter means a matter that needs to be dealt with for the purpose of effecting the transition from the provisions of the Acts amended by this Act as in force before this Act comes into operation to the provisions of those Acts as in force after this Act comes into operation.

(3) Regulations including a provision described in subsection (1) may be expressed to have effect before the day on which they are published in the Gazette.

(4) To the extent that a regulation including a provision described in subsection (1) may have effect before the day of its publication in the Gazette, it does not —

(a) affect in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an agency of the State), the rights of that person existing before the day of its publication; or

(b) impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an agency of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the day of its publication.

”.

¹¹ The Public Transport Authority Act 2003 Pt. 7 Div. 1, 5, and 6 deal with transitional matters to do with the transfer to the Public Transport Authority of metropolitan passenger transport functions that the Transport Coordination Ministerial Body previously had under the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966 Pt. II Div. 4.

¹² The amendment in the Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 121(3) is not included because the section it sought to amend had been replaced by Machinery of Government (Planning and Infrastructure) Amendment Act 2002 s. 47 before the amendment purported to come into operation.

¹³ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

¹⁴ The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 50 was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).