Motor Traffic Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Motor Traffic Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 9 of 19982

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

Dated 9 April 1998.

brendan smyth

Minister

kate carnell

Minister

1. Commencement

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

1. Principal Regulations

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

1. Prescribed offences, penalties and demerit points

Regulation 32 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)   by omitting from subregulations (1), (2), (4), (6) and (9) “the Schedule” and substituting “Schedule 1”; and

(b)   by omitting subregulations (7) and (8).

1. Demerit points—declared holiday periods

Regulation 33 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)   by omitting from paragraphs (1) (a) and (b) “the Schedule” and substituting “Schedule 1”; and

(b)   by omitting subregulations (2) and (3) and substituting the following subregulation:

“(3)  Subregulation (1) has effect despite subregulation 32 (5).”.

1. Schedule 1

The first Schedule to the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)   by omitting the heading to the Schedule and substituting the following heading:

“SCHEDULE 1”;

(b)   by omitting all the words in the third column of item 10 of Part I and substituting:

“Parking motor vehicle or trailer in part of public street reserved for Class B vehicles where relevant sign refers to community nurses, medical practitioners, Members of the Commonwealth Parliament, Members of the Legislative Assembly, or Commonwealth or ACT Government vehicles”;

(c)   by omitting all the words in the third column of item 23 of Part I and substituting:

“Parking motor vehicle or trailer in part of public place reserved for Class B vehicles where relevant sign refers to community nurses, medical practitioners, Members of the Commonwealth Parliament, Members of the Legislative Assembly, or Commonwealth or ACT Government vehicles”;

and

(d)   by omitting Part IV.

NOTES

Principal Regulations

1. Reprinted as at 1 July 1995.  See also Subordinate Laws No. 40, 1995; No. 13, 1996; Nos. 15, 17, 26, 27, 35 and 42, 1997.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 16 April 1998.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1998