Traffic (Amendment) Act 1981 (ACT)

Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance 1981

N o . 9 of 1981

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Ac/ministration) Act 1910.

Dated 21 April 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

G overnor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL HODGMAN

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

An Ordinance to amend the Traffic Ordinance 1937

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance 1981. 1

2. After section 23 of the Traffic Ordinance 19372 the following section is

inserted:

Anzac Day parades

"23A. (1) Where—

(a)	a person is taking part, or attempts to take part, in an Anzac Day parade; and
(b)	there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person is likely to commit an offence against sub-section (3),

the Australian War Memorial on 25 April in any year;

a member of the Australian Federal Police of or above the rank of Sergeant

may direct the person not to take part in the parade.

"(2) A person who contravenes a direction given under sub-section (1) is

guilty of an offence and punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $100.

"(3) A person who—

(a) disturbs or disrupts—

(i) an Anzac Day parade; or

(ii)  an observance or ceremony conducted at the building known as

(b)	acts in a manner likely to disturb or disrupt such a parade, observance or ceremony; or
(c)	engages in conduct offensive or insulting, or likely to give offence or cause insult, to persons taking part in such a parade, observance or ceremony,

is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $100.
"(4) In this section, a reference to an Anzac Day parade shall be read as a
reference to a parade of persons on 25 April in any year organized by The
Returned Services League of Australia, and includes a reference to such a

parade of persons assembled at or near the building known as the Australian

War Memorial.".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 April 1981.

2.    No. 32, 1937 as amended by No. 3, 1944; No. 2, 1955; No. 12, 1960; No. 9, 1964; No.

19, 1966; No. 39, 1974; Nos . 64 and 65, 1977; No. 46, 1978; N o . 3, 1978.