Amendments of the Motor Traffic Regulations (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

Regulations 1953. No. 6.

Regulations under the Motor Traffic

Ordinance 1936-1951.*

P H I L I P A L B E R T M c B R I D E , Minister of State for Defence,

I , acting for and on behalf of the Minister of State for the

*^-Interior,' in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by the Motor

• Traffic Ordinance 1936-1951, hereby make the following Regulations.

^jJ i ) a t e d this twelfth day of May, 1953.

' • P . A. M c B R I D E

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for the Interior.

A M E N D M E N T S O F T H E MOTOR T R A F F I C R E G U L A T I O N S .

inserting after the word " registration " the words ", or for the renewal trallnr- 1. Regulation 7 of the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended by Production of

of the registration,".

2. Regulation 8 of the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended by Registration in

inserting after the word " R e g i s t r a t i o n " the words ", or renewal of the partnership or

registration,". company.

3. Regulations 9 and 10 of the Motor Traffic Regulations are

repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

"9 .— (1 . ) On receipt of an application for the. registration, or Registration

the renewal of the registration, of a trailer, the Registrar may, if satisfied that the requirements prescribed by these Regulations in respect of registration have been complied with, register the trailer or renew the registration of the trailer, as the case may be.

2707.—PRICE 3D.

" (2.) When the Registrar registers, or renews the registration of,

f	accordance with Form B in the Firs t Schedule to these Regulations.
a trailer, he shall grant to the applicant a certificate of registration in

" (3.) The period for which the Registrar may register a trailer or

renew the registration of the trailer is— ,,•,,.:

( a ) in the case of an initial registration—a period of twelve	'vVv.i
months from and including the date of registration; and (b) in the case of a renewal of registration—a period of twelve months from and including the day immediately following the day on which the initial registration, or the last pre-

ceding renewal of registration, expired,

or such lesser period as the Registrar determines.

* Notified in tile Commonwealth Gazette on -1 s t May. 19J58.

Befusai to

" 10. Where the Registrar is of the opinion that a trailer, by reason

renew the registration of, the trailer or may cancel or suspend, for such
period as he thinks fit, the registration of the trailer.".

caSoeiiation or

of its condition, design or construction, is likely to be a source of danger

raRistraUon °'

0 r annoyance to the. public, the Registrar may refuse to register, or to

fees for

Registration

4. Regulation 11 of the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended by

trailers.

omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following
sub-regulations:—

" (1.) Subject to this regulation, a trailer in respect of which a registration fee is prescribed by this regulation shall not be registered, and the registration of a trailer shall not be renewed, unless a registra-**

tion fee determined in accordance with this regulation is paid.

" ( 1 A . ) The registration fee for the registration, or the renewal of the registration, of a trailer for a period of twelve months is— V .

(a ) for a trailer which is not let out on hire and is used solely. for social, domestic or pleasure purposes or by a farmer solely for those purposes and for the purpose of carting his own produce— *

( i ) if the weight of the trailer is not more than five

hundredweights—Ten shillings; or

( i i ) if the weight of the trailer is more than five hundredweights—One pound, together with On.' pound for each ten hundredweights, or part of ten hundredweights, by which the weight of the trailer exceeds ten hundredweights; and

(/;) for any other trailer—Two shillings and nincpence for each

half-hundredweight of the weight of the trailer.

" ( 1 B . ) The registration fee for the registration, or the renewal of the registration, of a trailer for a period of less than twelve months is an amount equal to the sum of—

(a) Five shillings; and

(b) an amount which hears to the registration fee payable under^M*

the last preceding sub-regulation for the registration of the trailer for a period of twelve months the samr	proportion as the period for which the trailer is to be	registered, or the registration of the trailer is to be
renewed, bears to twelve months.". A

5. After regulation 11 of the Motor Traffic Regulations the following regulation is inserted :—

Private trailers " I I A A . Where the registration fee paid in respect of a period of

not to be used

for business	registration of a trailer was determined in accordance with paragraph
purposes.	(a) of sub-regulation ( 1 A . ) of the last preceding regulation, or in accordance with sub-regulation ( 1 B . ) of that regulation by reference to that paragraph, a person shall not, during that period—

(a) use that trailer, or cause, suffer or permit it to be used, for any purpose other than a purpose specified in th;tt paragraph; or

(b) let the trailer out on hire.".

inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4 . ) , after the word pacing8!™	6. Regulation 13 of the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended by Prohibition of
"street", the words ", or a part of any public street,".	certain place,

7. Regulation 17 of the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended by issue and

omitting sub-regulation (2 . ) . ' <*!• of label*.

8. Regulation 35 of the Motor Traffic Regulations is repealed.	Limitation of
speed—outside city area.

9. The First Schedule to the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended First schedule.

by omitting Form A.

10. The Third Schedule to the Motor Traffic Regulations is Third schedule.

amended—

(a) by omitting the third paragraph and inserting in its stead

the following paragraph :—
" That part of Lennox Crossing; adjacent to and on the north- eastern side of tlie Commonwealth Offices, Acton, and that part of Lennox Crossing adjacent to and on the south- western side of the Canberra Community Hospital, Acton.";
a n d

(b) by o m i t t i n g the e igh th a n d n i n t h p a r a g r a p h s a n d i n s e r t i n g

in t h e i r s tead t he fo l lowing p a r a g r a p h :—

" That part of the semi-circular public street adjacent to the Albert Hall, Acton, which is immediately in front of the Albert Hall.".

11. The Fifth Schedule to the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended Fifth Schedule.

by omitting the word " enamelled " and inserting in its stead the word

•' coloured ".

By Authori ty: !-<• ''• •IOJIMSTOS, Commonwealth Government I'rinlei. ('milieu A