Traffic (Accreditation and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1999 (TAS)

Traffic (Accreditation and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1999

An Act to amend the Traffic Amendment (Accreditation and Miscellaneous) Act 1997

[Royal Assent 15 December 1999]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Traffic (Accreditation and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1999 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Traffic Amendment (Accreditation and Miscellaneous) Act 1997 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 5 amended Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting the penalty from proposed section 14A (4) of the Traffic Act 1925 and substituting the following penalty:

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a first offence – a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; and (b) a second or subsequent offence – a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units. (b) by omitting subsection (5) of proposed section 14A of the Traffic Act 1925 and substituting the following subsection: (5)  Subsection (4) does not apply to – (a) the letting of a vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement made in good faith for the purchase of that vehicle; or (b) the hiring out of a vehicle that – (i) has been designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of carrying passengers; and (ii) is authorised to be hired out for reward, without a driver, under a law of a Territory or another State. 5Section 6 repealed Section 6 of the Principal Act is repealed.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 30 NOVEMBER 1999

Legislative Council on 2 DECEMBER 1999]