Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No 1) (Cth)

Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 2132

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993.

Dated 16 August 2001

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

JOHN ANDERSON

Minister for Transport and Regional Services

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on 1 October 2001.

3Amendment of Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995

Schedule 1 amends the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]After regulation 2

insert

2AAAlteration of amounts specified in the Schedule to the Act

For section 4 of the Act, the annual registration charges specified under headings 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Part 2 of the Schedule to the Act are altered so as to be as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

[2]Regulation 3

omit

the Schedule to these Regulations

insert

Schedule 2 to these Regulations

[3]Subregulations 4 (2) and (3)

omit each reference to

the Schedule

insert

Schedule 2

[4]After regulation 4

insert

Schedule 1Annual registration charges

(regulation 2AA)

Note   Under section 4 of the Act, the regulations may alter the amounts specified in the Schedule to the Act in relation to a year, but any alteration in relation to a year must not increase or decrease the amounts applicable to the previous year by more than 5%. The alterations made by regulation 2AA and this Schedule increase the amounts specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Act by 3.3%, taken to the nearest dollar.

1Load carrying vehicles

Item	Vehicle type	2-axle	3-axle	4-axle	5-axle
1	Truck (type 1)	$310	$620	$930	$930
2	Truck (type 2)	$516	$826	$2 066	$2 066
3	Short combination truck	$568	$2 066	$2 066	$2 066
4	Medium combination truck	$3 925	$3 925	$4 235	$4 235
5	Long combination truck	$5 423	$5 423	$5 423	$5 423
6	Short combination prime mover	$1 343	$3 512	$4 545	$4 545
7	Medium combination prime mover	$4 132	$5 165	$5 681	$5 681
8	Long combination prime mover	$5 165	$5 165	$5 681	$5 681

 

2Load carrying trailer, converter dolly and low loader dolly

The amount of the charge applicable to a load carrying trailer, a converter dolly or a low loader dolly is worked out using the formula:

 

3Buses

Item	Bus type	2-axle	3-axle	4-axle
1	Bus (type 1)	$310
2	Bus (type 2)	$516	$1 291	$1 291
3	Articulated bus	$516	$516

4Special purpose vehicles

Item	Special purpose vehicle type	Charge
1	Special purpose vehicle (type p)	No charge
2	Special purpose vehicle (type t)	$207
3	Special purpose vehicle (type o)	The amount calculated using the formula:

Note   Part 2 of the Schedule to the Act provides (under heading 5) that, if a vehicle falls within 2 or more of the specified categories, the charge for the vehicle is the higher or highest of the charges that could apply to the vehicle.

[5]Schedule, heading

substitute

Schedule 2Axle loads

(regulations 3 and 4)

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1995 No. 42, as amended by 2000 No. 88.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette