Motor Traffic Act 1941 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

No. 16 of 1941.

AN ORDINANCE

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To amend the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1938.

E it ordained by the Governor-General in and over the

Commonwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal

W R V P I	'Executive Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the
Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909-1938 and the Seat of
Government (Administration) Act 1910-1940, as follows:—

1.—'(1.) This Ordinance mav be cited as the Motor Traffic short title

Ordinance 1941.* and citation.

(2.) The Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1938 is in this Ordi-

nance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance,

may be cited as the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1941.

2. Section four of the Principal Ordinance is amended by Definitions,

inserting in sub-section (1.), after the definition of "private hire
car ", the following definition:—

" 'producer gas ' means gas which is produced by the in- complete combustion of solid fuel and whose active constituent is chiefly carbon monoxide, but does not include gas produced at a fixed station and distributed through mains for consumption at a distance from the

|	place of production;"'.
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3. The Second Schedule to the P rincipal Ordinance is amended second

by adding at the end of clause 1 the following sub-clause :—	schedule.
"(4.) The weight of any motor vehicle which carries equip- ment for generating producer gas shall, for the purposes of calculating the fees prescribed by this clause, be reduced by—

(a) six hundredweight where the weight of the vehicle and

equipment does not exceed three tons;

(b) eight hundredweight where the weight of the vehicle and equipment exceeds three tons, but does not exceed six tons; and

(c) ten hundredweight where the weight of the vehicle and

equipment exceeds six tons.".

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on Both October. 1041.

4. The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is amended

by adding at the end thereof the following clause:—

" 20. Where a motor vehicle is propelled by producer gas, the

equipment which generates the gas shall—

(a) be securely attached to the vehicle or to a trailer drawn by the vehicle, and shall be so mounted that there is no danger of igniting the woodwork of the vehicle, or other combustible material (including, in the case of a vehicle propelled partly by petrol, the petrol in the tank, pipes and carburettor) ;

(b) be so constructed and mounted that gas cannot enter the body of the vehicle whilst the vehicle is stationary or travelling; and

(c) be so mounted that the driver's view of the road and the visibility of the rear number-plate and rear lamp is not obstructed by the equipment".

Dated this twenty-ninth day of October, 1941.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

J . S. COLLINGS

Minister of State for the Interior.

Bv Authori ty: L. F. JOHXSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer. Canberra.