EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by Authority of the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act (No.2) 2008
Proclamation
Subsection 2(1) of the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act (No.2) 2008 (the Act) provided that Schedule 1 to the Act commenced on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provisions of Schedule 1 did not commence within six months of the date the Act receives the Royal Assent, then those provisions would have commenced on the first day after the end of that six month period. The Act received Royal Assent on 11 December 2008.
The Proclamation fixed 12 February 2009 as the day on which Schedule 1 to the Act was to commence.
The Act amended the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985, which imposes charges on the registration of heavy vehicles under the Commonwealth’s voluntary Federal Interstate Registration Scheme (FIRS). The amendments allow regulations to be made to specify the amount of charge for the registration of FIRS vehicles
Related amendments in the Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2008 commenced immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Act. Those amendments include the repeal of the repeal of the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993 in order to allow the Australian Capital Territory to enact heavy vehicle charges in line with the Act.
The Proclamation is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
The Minute recommended that the Proclamation be made in the form proposed.
Authority: Subsection 2(1) of the
Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act (No.2) 2008