Motor Traffic Act (No 3) 1974 (ACT)
No. 23 of 1974
AN ORDINANCE
Relating to Motor Traffic.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under
| the Seat of Government | (Administration) | Act 1910-1973. |
Dated this twenty-eighth day of June, 1974.
PAUL HASLUCK Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command,
GORDON M. BRYANT
Minister of State for the Capital Territory.
MOTOR TRAFFIC ORDINANCE (No. 3) 1974
1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Motor Traffic Ordinance (No. 3) 1974.*
(2) The Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1973,f as amended by the
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2) 1974,§ is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.
(3) Section 1 of the Motor Traffic Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 is
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amended by omitting sub-section ( 4 ) .
(4) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may
be cited as the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1974.
2. Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—
(a)
by omitting from the definition of " dipped " in sub-section (1) the words " twenty-five feet" and substituting the figures and word " 7 . 5 0 metres ";
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 1 July 1974.
t Ordinance N o . 45, 1936, as amended by Nos . 25 and 41, 1938; N o . 16, 1941; N o . 14, 1942; Nos . 2 and 13,
1943; N o . 3, 1945; Nos . 6 and 13, 1947; N o . 7, 1950; N o . 17, 1951; Nos . 1 and 7, 1955; N o . 6, 1956; N o . 19, 1957; Nos . 10 and 15, 1958; Nos . 7 and 21, 1959; N o . 11, 1960; Nos . 16 and 17, 1962; No. 21, 1963; N o . 8, 1964; Nos . 9 and 13,1965; N o . 19, 1966; N o . 2, 1968; Nos . 27 and 29, 1969; N o . 27, 1970; Nos . 13, 17, 37 and 39, 1971; Nos . 3 and 10, 1972; and Nos. 1, 32, 38, 41, 42 and 57, 1973.
X Ordinance N o . 4, 1974.
3. Section 7A of the Principal Ordinance is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
" (7) Where, in a design rule referred to in Part II of the Second Schedule as in force immediately before the date of commencement of the Motor Traffic Ordinance (No. 3) 1974, there is a reference to a measurement, or unit of measurement, of a physical quantity, being a measurement or unit of measurement that is referred to in the design rule known as " Australian Design Rules—Metrication ", that reference shall be read as a reference to the equivalent measure ment, or unit of measurement, as the case may be, ascertained in accordance with the last-mentioned design rule.
4. Section 140 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting the definition of " speed limit sign " and substituting the following definition:—
" ' speed limit s ign ' means a traffic sign inscribed with figures within a red circle;".
5. Section 144 of the Principal Ordinance is amended— (a) by omitting the words " traffic sign inscribed with the
words ' S P E E D LIMIT E N D S ' " and substituting the words " de-restricting sign "; (b)
by omitting the word " miles " and substituting the word " kilometres"; and
(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
" (2) In sub-section ( 1 ) , 'de-restricting sign ' means—
(a) a traffic sign inscribed with the words ' SPEED
LIMIT E N D S ' ; or (b)
a traffic sign bearing a black circle with a straight black diagonal line bisecting the circle, being a line commencing in the lower left quadrant of the circle. ".
6. Section 145 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the
following section substituted:—
"145. A person shall not drive upon a public street a motor vehicle the laden weight of which exceeds 3 tonnes, being a motor vehicle other than a motor omnibus, at a speed exceeding the maximum speed ascertained according to the laden weight of the motor vehicle and the location of the public street in the following table:—
Maximum Speed
Laden weight of motor vehicle
In the City
Area Elsewhere Kilometres Kilometres per hour per hour
| Exceeding 3 tonnes but not exceeding 7 tonnes | . . | . . | 50 | 80 |
| Exceeding 7 tonnes but not exceeding 13 tonnes | . . | . . | 40 | 60 |
| Exceeding | 13 tonnes | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 40 | 50 |
7. The First Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is amended by
omitting clause 1 and substituting the following clause:—
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" 1 . (1) Registration or renewal of registration of a motor
vehicle, being a motor car, motor lorry, motor tractor or public
motor vehicle:—
(a)
motor car or public motor vehicle (other than a motor omnibus)—a fee calculated at the rate of 70 cents per 25.4 kilograms of its weight;
(b) motor lorry—
(i) of weight not exceeding 2,032 kilograms— a fee calculated at the rate of 70 cents per 25.4 kilograms of its weight;
(ii) of weight exceeding 2,032 kilograms but not exceeding 4,064 kilograms—a fee cal- culated at the rate of 85c per 25.4 kilo- grams of its weight;
(iii) of weight exceeding 4,064 kilograms—a
fee calculated at the rate of one dollar per 25.4 kilograms of its weight;
(c)
motor omnibus—a fee calculated at the rate of one dollar per 25.4 kilograms of its weight;
(d) motor tractor—
(i) where the tractor is owned by a farmer and used solely for the carting of his own
produce and not let out on hire . . 4.00
(ii) in any other case . . . . . . 20.00
" (2) In the case of a motor lorry owned by a farmer and used solely for the carting of his own produce and not let out on hire, the fee payable for the registration of the motor lorry is an amount equal to one-half of the fee that would, but for this sub-clause, be payable.".
8. (1 ) The Second Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is
amended—
(a)
by omitting from sub-paragraph 8A (3) (a) (i) of Part I the figures and word " 1/16 inch " and substituting the figures and word " 1.50 millimetres";
(b)
by omitting from paragraph 8A (3) (b) of Part I the figures and word " 1/16 inch " and substituting the figures and word " 1.50 millimetres ";
(c)
by omitting from clause 13 of Part I the figures and words " 8 feet 2 inches" and substituting the figures and word " 2.50 metres "; and
(d)
by omitting from clause 17 of Part I the words " one inch" and substituting the figures and word " 25 millimetres ".
(2) The Second Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is amended—
(a) by omitting from item 3 of Part II the words " ten thousand pounds" and substituting the figures and word " 4.50 tonnes "; (b) by omitting from item 5 of Part II the words " ten thousand pounds" and substituting the figures and word " 4.50 tonnes"; (c) by omitting from item 19 of Part II the figures and letters " 10,000 lb " and substituting the figures and word " 4.50 tonnes "; and (d) by omiting from item 20 of Part II the words " ten thousand pounds " and substituting the figures " 4.50 tonnes ".
9. The Principal Ordinance is further amended as set out in the Schedule.
S C H E D U L E section 9
Provision amended Omit— Insert—
Paragraph 7A (2) (b) . . exceeding ten thousand exceeding 4.50 tonne pounds
exceeds ten thousand exceeds 4.50 tonnes pounds
Paragraph 9 (1) (a) two tons 2 tonnes
Paragraph 9 (4) (b) . . five and three-quarter 155 millimetres inches
Paragraph 9 (5) (b) . . five and three-quarter 155 millimetres inches
Paragraph 10 (2) (a) . . two tons 2 tonnes Sub-section 14 (2) half hundredweight 25.4 kilograms Sub-section 48 (1) horse-power engine power Sub-section 94 (1) horse-power engine power Section 133 . . TONS TONNES tons tonnes Paragraph 136 (3) (c) two hundred feet 60 metres Paragraph 136 (10) (a) one hundred feet 30 metres Paragraph 136 (10) (b) one hundred feet 30 metres Sub-section 139E (7) . . forty-seven degrees 47 degrees Celsius centigrade
fifty-three degrees 53 degrees Celsius centigrade
Provision amended Omit— Insert—
| Section 141 . . | fifteen miles | 20 kilometres |
| Section 143 . . | thirty-five miles | 60 kilometres |
| Section 146 | forty miles | 70 kilometres |
| Section 147 . . | fifteen miles | 20 kilometres |
| Paragraph 147c (2) (a) | eighty-seven feet nine | 24.929 metres |
inches
eight-eight feet three 25.071 metres inches
| Paragraph 158 (c) | three feet | 1 metre |
| Paragraph 158 (h) | twenty feet | 6 metres |
| Paragraph 158 (j) | twenty feet | 6 metres |
| Paragraph 158 (k) | fifty feet | 15 metres |
| Sub-section 164 (2) | . . | twenty feet | 6 metres |
| Sub-section 164A (1) . . | ten thousand pounds | 4.50 tonnes | |
| Paragraph 164D (1) (d) | fifteen miles | 20 kilometres | |
| Paragraph 176 (4) (a ) . . | two tons | 2 tonnes | |
| Paragraph 176 (4) (c) | two tons | 2 tonnes | |
| Paragraph 176 (4) (f) | five and three-quarter | 155 millimetres |
inches
| Paragraph 182 (1) (b) | two hundred yards | 200 metres |
| Paragraph 182 (1) (ba) | twenty yards | 18 metres |
| Paragraph 182 (1 A) (a) | candle power | candela |
| Sub-paragraph 182 (1A) (b) (i) | four feet six inches | 1.40 metres |
| Sub-paragraph 182 (2) (a) (i) | . . | two feet | 600 millimetres |
| Paragraph 182 (2)(b) | two hundred yards | 200 metres | |
| twenty yards | 18 metres | ||
| Sub-section 182 (3) | . . | two hundred yards | 200 metres |
| Sub-paragraph 183 (1) (a) ri) | . . | three feet six inches | 1.10 metres |
| Sub-paragraph 183 (1) (a) (ii) | . . | five feet | 1.50 metres |
| Paragraph 183 (1) (b) | seven feet | 2.2 metres | |
| nine inches | 250 millimetres | ||
| Paragraph 183 (1) (c) | seven feet | 2 metres | |
| sixteen inches | 410 millimetres | ||
| Paragraph 185 (2) (a ) . . | two hundred yards | 200 metres | |
| Paragraph 185 (2) (c) | twenty inches | 510 millimetres | |
| Sub-section 185 (4) | . . | two hundred yards | 200 metres |
| Paragraph 186 (a) | twelve feet | 3.50 metres | |
| Sub-section 190 (1) | . . | eight feet two and one- | 2.50 metres |
half inches
| Paragraph 190A (3) (a) | twenty-five miles per | 40 kilometres per hour |
hour
| Sub-paragraph 191 (3) (a) (ii) | four inches | 100 millimetres |
| six inches | 150 millimetres | |
| Section 208 . . | one inch | 25 millimetres |
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