Road Transport (General) Act 1999 Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment Regulation 2002 (2002-1009) [GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10829] (NSW)

2002 No 1009

New South Wales

Road Transport (General) (Penalty

Notice Offences) Amendment

Regulation 2002

under the

Road Transport (General) Act 1999

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice

Offences) Regulation 2002 so as:

(a)	to abolish Class 11 and Class 12 officers (within the meaning of that Regulation), and
(b)	to renumber Class 13 officers (within the meaning of that Regulation) as Class 12 officers for the purpose of preserving a cross-reference in another statutory rule, and
(c)	to make consequential amendments to Schedule 2 to that Regulation, which (among other things) prescribes the various classes of officers who may issue penalty notices for the purposes of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, and
(d)	to omit references to “authorised officers” in certain definitions and replace them with references to “enforcement officers” to reflect a recent change in their titles, and
(e)	to correct a typographical error in the amount of a fine carried over from the former Road Transport (General) (Short Descriptions and Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 1999.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, including section 71 (the general power to make regulations) and section 15.

Published in Gazette No 263 of 20 December 2002, page 10829	Page 1
2002 No 1009	Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment
Clause 1	Regulation 2002

Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences)

Amendment Regulation 2002

under the

Road Transport (General) Act 1999

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice
Offences) Amendment Regulation 2002.

2 Amendment of Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 2002

The Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences)

Regulation 2002 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Road Transport (General) (Penalty Notice Offences) Amendment	2002 No 1009
Regulation 2002
Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Schedule 1 Authorised officers

Omit “authorised officer” wherever occurring in the definitions of Class 6 officer and Class 7 officer.

Insert instead “enforcement officer”.

[2]      Schedule 1

Omit the definitions of Class 11 officer, Class 12 officer and Class 13 officer.

Insert instead:

Class 12 officer means a person:

(a)	who is employed by a local council, or
(b)	who is subject to the control and direction of a local council,

and who is an authorised person (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993) for the purposes of section 679 of that Act.

[3]      Schedule 2 Penalty notice offences

Omit “, 11”, “, 11, 12”, and “, 12, 13” wherever occurring in Column 2.
Insert instead “, 12”.

[4]      Schedule 2

Omit “25” from Column 3 of the matter relating to clause 59 (2) of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999.

Insert instead “275”.

BY AUTHORITY

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