Road Safety (Amendment) Act 1998
Act No. 57/1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purposes 1 2. Commencement 2 3. Principal Act 2
PART 2—ROAD SAFETY ACT AMENDMENTS 3
4. Certain definitions repealed 3 5. Certain definitions substituted 6 6. New definitions inserted 8 7. New section 3A inserted 11
3A. Application of Commonwealth Acts Interpretation Act
1901 11
8. Divisions inserted in Part 2 11 Division 1—Corporation as registration authority 11 5AA. Functions of Corporation 11 5AB. Powers of Corporation 12 Division 2—Registration 13 9. Consequential amendments 13 10. New section 6A inserted 14
6A. Corporation not to register vehicles based outside
Victoria 14
11. Unregistered motor vehicle or trailer 14 12. Names in which motor vehicle or trailer may be registered 14 13. New sections 9A and 9B inserted 15
9A. Obligations of registered operator 15 9B. Register does not provide evidence of title 15
14. New section 14 substituted 16
14. Defective vehicles 16
15. Offence if driver not licensed 16 16. New section 63A inserted 16
63A. Removal of vehicles obstructing driveways etc. 16
17. Drink-driving infringements 17
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18. Excessive speed infringements 18 19. Regulation-making power 19 20. New sections 95A and 95B inserted 20
95A. Application of A.C.T. charges 20 95B. Exemption of certain statutory rules from RIS 22
21. New section 96A inserted 22
96A. Application orders and emergency orders 22
22. New section 97A inserted 23 97A. Administrative fees 23 23. Review of decisions 23 24. Transitional 23 25. Statute law revision 24
PART 3—AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS 25
26. Cancellation or suspension of driver licence 25 27. Transitional 27
120. Transitional provisions (1998 amendments) 27
28. Consequential amendments—"registered owner" 27 29. Amendment of Transport Accident Act 1986 28 30. Repeal 29
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NOTES 30
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Victoria
No. 57 of 1998
Road Safety (Amendment) Act 1998†
[Assented to 13 October 1998]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1. Purposes
The purposes of this Act are—
(a)
to amend the Road Safety Act 1986 to implement changes as part of a scheme to create uniform national road transport requirements; and
(b) to make other miscellaneous amendments.
Road Safety (Amendment) Act 1998
Act No. 57/1998 s. 2
2. Commencement
(1) This Part comes into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Subject to sub-section (3), the remaining
provisions of this Act come into operation on a
day or days to be proclaimed.(3) If a provision referred to in sub-section (2) does
not come into operation before 1 February 1999, it
comes into operation on that day.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Road Safety Act 1986 is called
No. 127/1986. Reprint No. 4
the Principal Act.
as at 19 June 1997. Further
amended by Nos 5/1990
(as amended
by No.19/1991), 19/1991,
89/1991, 37/1996,
30/1997 and 108/1997.
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PART 2—ROAD SAFETY ACT AMENDMENTS
4. Certain definitions repealed
(1)…