Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) (Amendment) Act 1996 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs)
(Amendment) Act 1996

No. 48 of 1996

An Act to amend the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977

[Notified in ACT Gazette S234: 19 September 1996]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) (Amendment) Act 1996.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

Principal Act

3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 .1

Interpretation

4.  Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “Commonwealth vehicle” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘Commonwealth vehicle’ means a motor vehicle that is owned by the Commonwealth and—

(a)bears a label attached to the windscreen that displays the letter ‘C’ followed by a 7-pointed star, both in white against a blue background, and the word ‘COMCAR’ in blue against a white background; or

(b)is, or is within a class of motor vehicles that is, declared by the Minister, by instrument published in the Gazette, to be a Commonwealth vehicle for the purposes of this Act;”.

NOTE

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 28 February 1995.  See also Act No. 7, 1996.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 27 June 1996]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1996