Proclamation re commencement (2008-160) (NSW)
2008 No 160
New South Wales
Commencement Proclamation
under the
Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Car Hoons) Act 2008
No 4
MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Car Hoons) Act 2008, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 6 June 2008 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:
| (a) | the long title and sections 1–6, |
| (b) | so much of Schedule 1 [4] as inserts the definition of crash test, |
| (c) | so much of Schedule 1 [12] as inserts section 219 (other than section 219 (3)), |
| (d) | so much of Schedule 1 [21] as inserts section 224 (3) and (4), |
| (e) | Schedule 1 [22], [24], [25], [26] and [27], |
| (f) | Schedule 2, |
| (g) | Schedule 3.2, 3.3 [1] and [8] and 3.4 [1] and [2]. |
Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 4th day of June 2008.
By Her Excellency’s Command,
ERIC ROOZENDAAL, M.L.C.,
Minister for Roads
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
| Published in Gazette No 66 of 6 June 2008, page 4631 | Page 1 |
| 2008 No 160 | |
| 2008 No 160 | |
| Commencement Proclamation Explanatory note | |
| Explanatory note |
The object of this Proclamation is to commence the machinery and savings and transitional provisions of the Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Car Hoons) Act 2008 and provisions of that Act relating to the following:
| (a) | street racing and expanded aggravated burnout driving offences and increased penalties for those offences, |
| (b) | measures (other than vehicle clamping) that may be taken against the driver of a vehicle used in connection with such an offence who is also the registered operator of the vehicle, |
| (c) | matters to which a Court may have regard in deciding whether to release a vehicle of such a driver that has been impounded, |
| (d) | crash testing of the vehicle of such a driver in certain circumstances, |
| (e) | appeals in respect of measures taken against such a driver and the keeping of records about measures taken. |
BY AUTHORITY
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