Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1) (Cth)

Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 85

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985.

Dated 24 May 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

ANTHONY ALBANESE

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

1. Name of regulation

This regulation is the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

1. Amendment of Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations 2009

Schedule 1 amends the Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations 2009.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(section 3)

[1]          Regulations 5 and 6, notes

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[2]          Regulation 7, heading

substitute

1. Registration charges—2011–2012 financial year

[3]          Regulation 7

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any financial year after 30 June 2011

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the 2011–2012 financial year

[4]          Regulation 7, note

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[5]          After regulation 7

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7ARegistration charges—2012–2013 financial year

For subsection 5 (3) of the Act, the amount of charge for the registration of a vehicle for a full year of registration that begins during the 2012–2013 financial year is in Table 3.

Table 3

Base Charges—2012–2013 financial year

Division 1—Load carrying vehicles

Item	Category of vehicle	Base Charge per axle ($)
2 axles	3 axles	4 axles	5 or more axles
Trucks
1	Truck (type 1)	542	859	759	759
2	Truck (type 2)	859	1 021	1 021	1 021
3	Short combination truck	859	1 021	1 854	1 854
4	Medium combination truck	6 783	6 783	7 326	7 326
5	Long combination truck	9 361	9 361	9 361	9 361
Prime Movers
6	Short combination prime mover	1 164	4 744	5 030	5 030
7	Multi‑combination prime mover	9 457	9 457	10 402	10 402

Division 2—Trailers

Item	Category of vehicle	Base Charge per axle ($)
Single axle	Tandem axle group	Tri-axle group	Quad-axle group and above
8	Pig trailer	550	550	550	550
9	Dog trailer	550	550	550	550
10	Semi trailer	550	550	550	550
11	B‑double lead trailer and B‑triple lead and middle trailers	550	1 050	1 100	1 100
12	Converter dolly or low loader dolly	550	550	550	550

Division 3—Buses

Item	Category of vehicle	Base Charge per axle ($)
2 axles	3 axles	4 or more axles
13	Bus (type 1)	488
14	Bus (type 2)	488	2 429	2 429
15	Articulated bus	488	488

7BRegistration charges—financial years after 30 June 2013

For subsection 5 (3) of the Act, the amount of charge for the registration of a vehicle in a category mentioned in subsection 4 (1A) of the Act, for any financial year after 30 June 2013 (the relevant financial year), is worked out as follows:

(a)ascertain the previous annual registration charge for the vehicle;

(b)ascertain the annual adjustment factor for the relevant financial year (in accordance with Schedule 1);

(c)multiply the previous annual registration charge by the annual adjustment factor (Amount A);

(d)add Amount A to, or (if the annual adjustment factor was negative) subtract Amount A from, the previous registration charge (Amount B);

(e)round Amount B up or down to the nearest whole dollar amount (rounding an amount of 50 cents upwards).

Note   See the Department’s internet site for the amounts of charge that apply under this regulation.

[6]          Regulation 8

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regulations 6 and 7

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regulations 6, 7 and 7B

[7]          Regulation 8

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regulation 6 or 7.

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regulation 6, 7 or 7B.

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See