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

Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Regulations Amendment

Subordinate Law 2000 No 25

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

Dated 6 June 2000.

brendan smyth

Minister

bill stefaniak

Minister

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. Classification of vehicles

   Regulation 10 is amended by omitting “the Schedule” and substituting “Schedule 1”.

4. Maximum premiums

   Regulation 11 is amended by omitting from subsection (1) “the Schedule” and substituting “Schedule 1”.

5. A New Tax System (ANTS)—adjustment for certain premiums

   Regulation 14 is amended by omitting from subregulation (3)

   
   

   “1 August 2000” and substituting “1 July 2000”.

6. Insertion

   After regulation 14 the following regulation is inserted:

“15     Policies beginning before 1 July 2000

“(1)    Despite the repeal of the Schedule to these regulations that was in force immediately before the commencement of this regulation, that Schedule continues to apply to a third-party policy that is expressed to begin before 1 July 2000.

“(2)    This regulation expires on 1 July 2000.”.

1. Dictionary

   The dictionary is amended by omitting from the definition of premium classification “the Schedule” and substituting “Schedule 1”.

2. Substitution

    The Schedule is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE 1  (See reg 10 and reg 11)

Classification of Vehicles and maximum rates for premiums

column 1 item	column 2 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	444.35
2	breakdown vehicle	motor vehicle used mainly to tow broken-down vehicles	333.60
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)	628.85
·     if the vehicle has seating for more than 16 adults (including the driver)	1 662.20
4	drive-yourself vehicle	motor vehicle let for hire (other than under a lease or hire-purchase agreement)	2 031.25
5	firefighting vehicle	motor vehicle used solely for firefighting	462.80
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	370.55
·     if the unladen weight is over 975kg but not over 2t	536.60
·     if the unladen weight is over 2t	1 330.05
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	38.40
8	miscellaneous vehicle	tractor (other than a primary producer’s tractor) or implement	628.85
9	mobile crane	motor vehicle built mainly as a crane (other than a breakdown vehicle or tractor)	702.65
10	motorcycle	motorbike or motortrike	·     if the engine capacity is not over 300mL	93.75
·     if the engine capacity is over 300mL but is not over 600mL	315.15
·     if the engine capacity is over 600mL	259.80
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)	370.55
12	police vehicle	motor vehicle driven, or intended to be driven, by a police officer in the course of his or her duty	1 034.80
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	333.60
·     if the unladen weight is over 2t			186.00
14	primary producer’s tractor	tractor used by a primary producer in connection with his or her operations as a primary producer	186.00
15	private hire car	motor vehicle licensed (or intended to be licensed) as a private hire car	1 477.70
16	taxi	motor vehicle licensed (or intended to be licensed) as a taxi or restricted taxi	5 906.30
17	trader’s plates	75.30
18	trailer	vehicle built to be towed by a motor vehicle	0.00
19	undertaker’s vehicle	motor vehicle used solely as an undertaker’s hearse	112.20
20	veteran vehicle	motor vehicle built before 1919	38.40
21	vintage vehicle	motor vehicle built after 1918 and before 1931	38.40

Endnotes

Regulations amended

1. Republished as in force on 1 March 2000 (Republication No 1).

Notification

1. Notified in the Gazette on 8 June 2000.

©  Australian Capital Territory 2000