Motor Traffic Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Motor Traffic Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 26 of 19972

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Motor Traffic Act 1936.

Dated 27 September 1997.

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Minister

GARY HUMPHRIES

Minister

Commencement

1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.

Principal Regulations

2.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Motor Traffic Regulations.

Insertion

3. After regulation 32 of the Principal Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Demerit points—declared holiday periods

“33.  (1)  The number of demerit points incurred for a prescribed offence referred to in subsection 180NB (1) of the Act that is committed, or alleged to have been committed, during a declared holiday period is—

(a)if item 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112 or 113 of Part II of the Schedule relates to the offence—double the number of demerit points specified in column 5 of that item; or

(b)if any other item in Part II of the Schedule relates to the offence and a number of demerit points is specified in column 5 of that item—1 more than the number so specified.

“(2)  The number of demerit points incurred for an offence referred to in paragraph 26A (g) of the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 that is committed, or alleged to have been committed, during a declared holiday period is 1 more than the number of demerit points specified in column 5 of the item in Part IV of the Schedule that relates to the offence.

“(3)  Subsections (1) and (2) have effect despite subregulations 32 (5) and (8) respectively.

“(4)  The Minister may declare a holiday period for the purposes of this regulation.

“(5)  A declaration—

(a)shall be made by notice published in the Gazette specifying the period concerned; and

(b)is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.”.

NOTES

Principal Regulations

1. Reprinted as at 1 July 1995.  See also Subordinate Law No. 40, 1995; No. 13, 1996; Nos. 15 and 17, 1997.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 2 October 1997.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1997