Motor Traffic Act 1950 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

No. 7 of 1950.

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1947.

BE it ordained by the Governor-General in and over the Executive Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Commonwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal	Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909-1938 and the Seat of
Government (Administration) Act 1910-1947, as follows:—

1-—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited a.s the Motor Traffic short title

Ordinance 1950.* nnd citation-

(2.) The Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1947 is in this Ordinance

referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, a.s amended by this Ordinance,

may be cited as the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1950.

2. Section fifty-two of the Principal Ordinance is amended by Duration of

inserting after the words "date of"	(last occurring) the words S ^ a t o * u , d
" expiry of ".

3. The Second Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is The second

amended— Sch"d,,le

(a) by omitting from sub-clause (2.) of clause 2 the word " o r " (second occurring) and inserting in its stead the word " of " ; and

(b) by omitting the sub-clause—

" (9.) The fees payable for registration or renewal of registration of any motor vehicle are, by force of this clause, reduced by Fifteen per centum.".

4338.—PRICE oi>.

4.— (1.) The amendment made by paragrapli (b) of the last Application of

preceding section shall apply in relation to— amendment.

(a) every registration of a motor vehicle effected on or after the date fixed by the Minister under the next succeed- ing sub-section; and

(b) every renewal of the registration of a motor vehicle where the registration or previous renewal thereof, as the case may be, expires or has expired on or after the date so fixed.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 26th October, 1950.

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(2.) For the purposes of this section the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, fix a date as the date by reference to which the increase in registration fees effected by this Ordinance shall com- mence to operate.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of September, 1950.

W. J. McKELL

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

P. A. McBRIDE

Minister of State for the Interior.

By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.