Traffic Act Amendment Act 1948 (WA)

No. 51.] Traffic. [1948.

TRAFFIC.

12' and 13' Geo. VI., No. LI.

No. 51 of 1948.

AN ACT to amend the Traffic Act, 1919-1947.

[Assented to 7th January, 1949.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty,by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

Short title.

Cf. No. 24	This Act may be cited as the Traffic Act Amend- ment Act, 1948, and shall be read as one with the Traffic Act, 1919-1947 (No. 60 of 1919 as reprinted with amend- ments up to and including No. 39 of 1935 in the Appendix to the Sessional Volume of the Statutes for the year 1935, and amended by the Acts No. 16 of 1941, No. 32 of 1943, No. 24 of 1946, No. 48 of 1946 and No. 24 of 1947), here- inafter referred to as the principal Act.
of 1947, S. 1.
Citation of

principal	2. The principal Act as amended by this Act may be
Act as

amended. cited as the Traffic Act, 1919-1948.

1948.] Traffic. [No. 51.

3. Section ten of the principal Act is amended by L'sement

adding thereto a further subsection as follows :—

(3) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub- IL' v u.G olv :TX,. to

section (1) of this section, if, by or under any law ,tire

made after the commencement of the Traffic Act license fees in certain

Amendment Act, 1948, and having effect in the State, circumstances

the quantity of motor spirit available or allowed for

or for use in any or certain vehicles shall be reduced,

the Governor, by Order in Council made prior to the

first day of July, 1949, and published in the Gazette,

may, in respect of any vehicle or class or type of vehicle specified in the Order in Council and in respect of any period or periods therein specified, reduce by a percentage not exceeding twenty-five per centum the amount of any license fee payable under this Act, and may fix different percentages and periods as aforesaid for or in relation to different vehicles or different classes or types of vehicles.

(b)

The Governor may, by any subsequent Order

in Council published as aforesaid, revoke or vary any

Order in Council under this subsection.

Any Order in Council made under this sub- section shall, on publication as aforesaid or from such later date as may be fixed by the Order in Council, have effect according to its tenor.

(c)

(d)

In this subsection the term "motor spirit" means liquid petroleum products or similar hydro- carbons distilling completely below 225' C. and suitable for use as fuel in internal combustion engines, and includes motor benzole and power alcohol.