Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 1531

Interstate Road Transport Charge

Regulations2(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and having regard only to the cost of maintenance and upkeep of roads that are used by motor vehicles and trailers registered under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985, being maintenance and upkeep that is required as a result of damage done by those motor vehicles and trailers, under section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 190 1, hereby make the following Regulations under the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985.

Dated 30 June 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER MORRIS

Minister of State for Transport

and Communications Support

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Commencement

 1. These Regulations commence on 1 July 1988.

Principal Regulations

 2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations.

Charge applicable in respect of vehicle

 3. Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended:

• (a)

  by omitting from paragraph (a) “3” and substituting “4”; and

• (b)

  by omitting from paragraph (b)”.063” and substituting”.25”.

Imputed distance

 4. Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is amended:

• (a)

  by omitting from paragraph (a) “4” and “2” and substituting “5” and “2 of that item in respect of the maximum laden mass at which the vehicle operates or is to operate specified in column 3”, respectively; and

• (b)

  by omitting from paragraph (b) “119,000” and substituting “100,000”.

Schedule

 5. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULERegulation 3 and 6

RATE OF CHARGE AND IMPUTED DISTANCE

 

Column 1      Item	Column 2      Class of motor vehicles	Column 3 Maximum laden mass at which the motor vehicle operates or is to operate	Column 4    charge per kilometre	Column 5     Imputed distance
1	Buses having 2 single axles and no other axles	(a) exceeding 4.5 tonnes but not exceeding 13.9 tonnes (b) exceeding 13.9 tonnes but not exceeding 15 tonnes	0.114 0.2	175,000 250,000
2	Buses having 3 or more axles	(a)  exceeding 4.5tonnes but not exceeding 20.4 tonnes (b) exceeding 20.4 tonnes but not exceeding 22.5 tonnes	0.186 0.231	350,000 350,000
3	Prime movers combined with semi-trailers, being prime movers having 2 single axles and no other axles	(a) exceeding 4.5 tonnes but not exceeding 31.9 tonnes (b) exceeding 31.9 tonnes but not exceeding 35 tonnes	0.458 0.7	120,000 120,000
4	Prime movers combined with semi-trailers, being prime movers having 3 or more axles	(a) exceeding 4.5 tonnes but not exceeding 38 tonnes (b) exceeding 38 tonnes	0.571 1.650	175,000 190,000
5	Motor vehicles	not exceeding 4.5 tonnes	0.15	50,000
6	Motor vehicles, other than prime movers and buses, being motor vehicles having 2 single axles and no other axles	(a) exceeding 4.5 tonnes but not exceeding 13.9 tonnes (b)  exceeding 13.9 tonnes but not exceeding 15 tonnes	0.375 1.2	40,000 40,000
7	Motor vehicles, other than prime movers and buses, being motor vehicles having 3 or more axles	(a) exceeding 4.5 tonnes but not exceeding 20.4 tonnes (b) exceeding 20.4 tonnes but not exceeding 22.5 tonnes	0.7 1.25	50,000 70,000

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 June 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1986 No. 292.