Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Regulations Amendment 2001 (ACT)

Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Regulations Amendment

Subordinate Law 2001 No 13

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999.

Dated 18 May 2001.

BRENDAN SMYTH

Minister

BILL STEFANIAK

Minister

Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Regulations Amendment

Subordinate Law 2001 No 13

made under the

Road Transport (General) Act 1999

1. Commencement

   These regulations commence on the day they are notified in the Gazette.

2. Regulations amended

   These regulations amend the Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Regulations 2000.

3. Regulation 11A

   omit

4. Regulation 12

   omit

   larger

   substitute

   higher

5. New regulation 14

   insert

6. Policies beginning before 1 July 2001

7. Schedule 1, as in force immediately before the commencement of this regulation, continues to apply to a third-party policy that is expressed to begin before 1 July 2001.

8. This regulation expires on 1 July 2001.

9. Schedule 1

   substitute the following schedule

Schedule 1Classification of vehicles and maximum rates for premiums

(see reg 10 and reg 11)

column 1 item	column 2 premium classification	column 3 classification definition	column 4 case (if relevant)	column 5 maximum premium ($)
1	ambulance	motor vehicle built to transport sick or injured people	530.70
2	breakdown vehicle	motor vehicle used mainly to tow broken-down vehicles	341.85
3	bus or tourist vehicle	motor vehicle (other than a taxi, restricted taxi, private hire car or restricted hire vehicle) used to carry paying passengers	·    if the vehicle has seating for not more than 16 adults (including the driver)	644.00
·    if the vehicle has seating for more than 16 adults (including the driver)	1 701.40
4	drive-yourself vehicle	motor vehicle let for hire (other than under a lease or hire-purchase agreement)	2 267.90
5	firefighting vehicle	motor vehicle used solely for firefighting	474.05
6	goods vehicle	motor vehicle built mainly to carry goods (other than a primary producer’s goods vehicle)	·    if the unladen weight is not over 975kg	379.65
·    if the unladen weight  is over 975kg but not over 2t	549.55
·    if the unladen weight is over 2t	1 361.50
7	historic vehicle	motor vehicle (other than a veteran vehicle or vintage vehicle) built not less than 30 years before the day of issue of a third-party policy for the vehicle and registered concessionally as an historic vehicle	39.75
8	miscellaneous vehicle	tractor (other than a primary producer’s tractor) or implement	644.00
9	mobile crane	motor vehicle built mainly as a crane (other than a breakdown vehicle or tractor)	681.75
10	motorcycle	motorbike or motortrike	·    if the engine capacity is not over 300mL	96.40
·    if the engine capacity is over 300mL but not over 600mL	379.65
·    if the engine capacity is over 600mL	304.10
11	passenger vehicle	motor vehicle built mainly to carry people (other than an ambulance, bus or tourist vehicle, drive-yourself vehicle, motorcycle, police vehicle, private hire car or taxi)	379.65
12	police vehicle	motor vehicle driven, or intended to be driven, by a police officer in the course of his or her duty	1 059.40
13	primary producer’s goods vehicle	goods vehicle used by a primary producer in connection with his or her operations as a primary producer	·    if the unladen weight is not over 2t	304.10
·    if the unladen weight is over 2t			171.90
14	primary producer’s tractor	tractor used by a primary producer in connection with his or her operations as a primary producer	228.55
15	private hire car	motor vehicle licensed (or intended to be licensed) as a private hire car	1 890.25
16	taxi	motor vehicle licensed (or intended to be licensed) as a taxi or restricted taxi	6 044.40
17	trader’s plates	58.60
18	trailer	vehicle built to be towed by a motor vehicle	nil
19	undertaker’s vehicle	motor vehicle used solely as an undertaker’s hearse	190.80
20	veteran vehicle	motor vehicle built before 1919	39.75
21	vintage vehicle	motor vehicle built after 1918 and before 1931	39.75

Endnotes

Regulations amended

1. Republished as in force on 1 March 2001 (Republication No 1). See also SL 2001 No 5.

Notification

1. Notified in Gazette 2001 No S27 on 21 May 2001.

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