Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No 3) 1988 (ACT)

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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 3) 1988

No. 11 of 1988

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 3 March 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

GARY PUNCH

Minister of State for the Arts
and Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance  (No. 3) 1988.1

Principal Ordinance

2.  In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Motor Traffic  Ordinance 1936.2

Interpretation

3.  Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by inserting after the definition of “Australian Standard E35, Part II—1970” in subsection (1) the following definition:

“ ‘camper unit’ means a unit that—

(a)is designed—

(i)to be used as a means of temporary accommodation; and

(ii)to be attached to a motor vehicle; and

(b)is not equipped with wheels;”; and

(b)by adding at the end of the definition of “trailer” in subsection (1) “and includes a caravan;”.

Design rules

4.  Section 7A of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting “Shipping and Transport” from the definition of “design rule” in subsection (1) and substituting “Transport and Communications”.

Insertion

5.  After section 186 of the Principal Ordinance the following section is inserted:

Riding in trailers prohibited

“186A.  (1)  A person shall not, upon a public street, drive a motor vehicle to which a trailer or camper unit is attached while another person is in or upon the trailer or camper unit.

“(2)  A person shall not remain in or upon a trailer or camper unit that is attached to a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is being driven upon a public street.

Penalty:  $100.”.

Offences relating to equipment etc. of motor vehicles

6.  Section 189 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (j) “or trailer”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 March 1988.

2. No. 45, 1936 as amended to date.  For previous amendments see Note 2 to No. 9, 1988 and see also  Nos. 9 and 10, 1988.