National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation Heavy Vehicles Registration Act) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (Cth)

National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Heavy Vehicles Registration Act) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 21

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Transport Commission Act 2003.

Dated 15 February 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

JAMES ERIC LLOYD

Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Heavy Vehicles Registration Act) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

Road transport legislation — heavy vehicles registration

For section 7 of the National Transport Commission Act 2003 (the NTC Act), Schedules 1 and 2 set out road transport legislation, in the form of amendments to an Act, about heavy vehicles registration.

Note 1 The road transport legislation set out in Schedule 1 does not have the force of law (see paragraph 7 (2) (a) of the NTC Act).

Note 2 These Regulations must be made in accordance with the Agreement (see subparagraph 3 (b) (ii) of the NTC Act).

Note 3 These Regulations are not subject to disallowance — see the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, subsection 44 (2) (table, item 44) and the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004, regulation 8 and Schedule 2 item 7.

Note 4 These Regulations are not subject to sunsetting — see the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, subsection 54 (2) (table, item 51) and the Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004, regulation 9 and Schedule 3 item 4.

Note 5 The text set out in Schedule 1 is that of item 2 of Schedule 2 to the National Road Transport Commission Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 82 of 1998) (the NRTCA Act). The Minister’s second reading speech in relation to the NRTCA Act was made in the House of Representatives on 8 April 1998, and in the Senate on 14 May 1998. The NRTCA Act received the Royal Assent on 2 July 1998.

Note 6 The text set out in Schedule 2 is that of item 2 of Schedule 5 to the Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (Act No. 143 of 2001) (the TRSA Act). The Minister’s second reading speech in relation to the TRSA Act was made in the House of Representatives on 19 September 2001, and in the Senate on 26 September 2001. The TRSA Act received the Royal Assent on 1 October 2001.

4 Amendment of National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Heavy Vehicles Registration Act) Regulations 2006

(1) Schedule 1 amends the text set out in Schedule 1 to the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation — Heavy Vehicles Registration Act) Regulations 2006 as if a reference in Schedule 1 to a provision of the Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997 were a reference to the corresponding provision in that text.

(2) Schedule 2 amends that text as so amended as if a reference in the Schedule to a provision of that Act were a reference to the corresponding provision in that text.

Schedule 1 Text of item 2 of Schedule 2 to the National Road Transport Commission Amendment Act 1998

(regulation 3 and subregulation 4 (1))

Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997

2 Section 7

Repeal the section.

Schedule 2 Text of item 2 of Schedule 5 to the Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001

(regulation 3 and subregulation 4 (2))

Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997

2 At the end of Part 1

Add:

7A Criminal Code does not apply

Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code does not apply in relation to, or in relation to matters arising under, offences created by this Act.

Note

All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See