Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No 5) 1977 (ACT)

No. 51 of 1977

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936

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 (Administra­ tion) Act 1910.

Dated this twenty-first day of September 1977.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

A. A. STALEY

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

MOTOR TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE (No. 5)

1977

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Motor Traffic (Amend­

ment) Ordinance (No. 5) 1977.*

2 . In this Ordinance, " Principal Ordinance " means the Motor

Traffic Ordinance 1936.f

3 . (1 ) Section 84 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omit­ ting sub-section (4) and substituting the following sub-section:

" (4 ) The nominal defendant shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, prepare and furnish to the Minister a report concerning his operations during that year.".

(2) The amendment made by this section applies in relation to—

(a) the calendar year that commenced on 1 January 1977; and

(b) each subsequent calendar year.

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 September 1977.

t Ordinance N o . 45, 1936 as amended by Nos. 25 and 41, 1938; N o . 16, 1941; No. 14, 1942; Nos. 2 and 13, 1943; N o . 3, 1945; Nos . 6 and 13, 1947; No. 7, 1950; No. 17, 1951; Nos. 1 and 7, 1955; N o . 6. 1956; No. 19, 1957; Nos. 10 and 15, 1958; Nos . 7 and 21, 1959; No. 11. 1960; Nos. 16 and 17, 1962; N o . 21, 1963; No. 8, 1964; Nos. 9 and 13, 1965; No. 19. 1966; No. 2, 1968; Nos. 27 and 29, 1969; No. 27, 1970; Nos. 13, 17, 37 and 39, 1971; Nos. 3 and 10, 1972; Nos. 1, 32, 38. 41, 42 and 57, 1973; Nos. 4, 12, 23, 37, 48 and 49, 1974; Nos. 3, 16,

23, 31, 52 and 54, 1976; and Nos . 16, 23, 30 and 1977.

4.   Section 149 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "busi­ ness hour s " and substituting the following definition:

" ' business hours ' means—

(a)	the period commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning and ending at half past 5 o'clock in the afternoon on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday;
(b)	the period commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning and ending at 9 o'clock in the evening on Friday; and
(c)	the period commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning and ending at 12 noon on Saturday,

other than a period on a day that is a public holiday;"; and

(b) by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-section:

" ( 3 ) Where the expression 'business hours ' is

inscribed on a no parking sign, a no stopping sign, a parking sign or a loading zone sign, that expression has the effect of indicating that the prohibition or qualification on parking or stopping by the sign operates during—

(a)	the period commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning and ending at half past 5 o'clock in the afternoon on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday;
(b)	the period commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning and ending at 9 o'clock in the evening on Friday; and
(c)	the period commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning and ending at 12 noon on Saturday,

other than a period on a day that is a public holiday.".