Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2000 (Cth)

Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2000

No. 74, 2000

Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2000

No. 74, 2000

An Act to amend the law relating to transport, and for related purposes

Contents

Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2000

No. 74, 2000

An Act to amend the law relating to transport, and for related purposes

[Assented to 28 June 2000]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2000.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

2. (2)

   Item 1 of Schedule 2 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997.

3Schedule(s)

Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992

1

Subsection 2(6)

Omit all the words from and including “Proclamation,” to and including “force”, substitute “Proclamation”.

2

After subsection 2(6)

Insert:

1. (6A)

   If the provisions mentioned in subsection (6) do not commence under that subsection within 6 months after the day on which the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2000 receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.

Schedule 2—Amendments relating to the sale of the Australian National Railways Commission

Australian National Railways Commission Act 1983

1

Subparagraph 67AZR(1)(a)(i)

Omit “Port Augusta to Whyalla Railway Agreement Act 1970”, substitute “Port Augusta to Whyalla Railway Act 1970”.

Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997

2

After item 4 of Schedule 3

Insert:

4A

Registration of transfers after repeal

Despite the repeal of the Australian National Railways Commission Act 1983 by this Schedule, section 67AZJ of that Act continues to apply, in relation to any right, title or interest in land that vested in a person under section 67AE or 67AM of that Act before its repeal, as if the repeal had not happened.

3

Schedule 3 (heading immediately before item 7)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Port Augusta to Whyalla Railway Act 1970

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 30 May 2000

Senate on 8 June 2000]

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