Road Safety (General) Amendment (Portable Weighing Devices) Regulations 2016 (Vic)

Road Safety (General) Amendment (Portable Weighing Devices) Regulations 2016

S.R. No. 100/2016

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Principal Regulations

5Testing of portable weighing devices

6Sealing of portable weighing devices

7Certificate as to testing and sealing portable weighing devices

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2016

S.R. No. 100/2016

Road Safety Act 1986

Road Safety (General) Amendment (Portable Weighing Devices) Regulations 2016

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 16 August 2016

Responsible Minister:

LUKE DONNELLAN
Minister for Roads and Road Safety

ANDREW ROBINSON

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Road Safety (General) Regulations 2009 to enable the Corporation to authorise suitably qualified persons to test and seal portable weighing devices.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 September 2016.

4Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Road Safety (General) Regulations 2009[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

5Testing of portable weighing devices

(1)In regulation 61(1)(b) of the Principal Regulations, for "a technical officer, or the head, of the Engineering Department of the University of Melbourne" substitute "a person authorised by the Corporation under subregulation (5)".

(2)In regulation 61(2) of the Principal Regulations, for "a technical officer, or the head, of the Engineering Department of the University of Melbourne" substitute "a person authorised by the Corporation under subregulation (5)".

(3)In regulation 61(3) of the Principal Regulations, for "The University of Melbourne" substitute "The person who carried out the test under subregulation (1)".

(4)After regulation 61(4) of the Principal Regulations insert—

"(5)For the purposes of this regulation, the Corporation may authorise in writing a suitably qualified person to test a portable weighing device.".

6Sealing of portable weighing devices

In regulation 63(2) of the Principal Regulations, for "The University of Melbourne" substitute "The person who carried out the test under regulation 61(1)".

7Certificate as to testing and sealing portable weighing devices

In regulation 65(2) of the Principal Regulations, for "A person in the Engineering Department of the University of Melbourne" substitute "A person authorised by the Corporation under regulation 61(5)".

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Endnotes

[1]

Reg. 4: S.R. No. 115/2009. Reprint No. 2 as at 30 January 2015. Reprinted to S.R. No. 145/2014. Subsequently amended by

S.R. Nos 199/2014, 9/2015, 62/2015, 85/2015, 121/2015, 12/2016 and 24/2016.