EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES NO 141 OF 1987
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT
Subject: INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1985 –
Interstate Road Transport Regulations (Amendment)
Sub-section 56(1) of the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 (‘the Act’) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act. The Interstate Road Transport Regulations are made pursuant to that sub-section.
Schedule 1 of the Interstate Road Transport Regulations has been amended to reflect a change in name of the approved insurer for vehicles registered under the Federal Interstate Registration Scheme in Western Australia. This followed the commencement on 1 January 1987 of the State Government Insurance Commission Act. The new insurer, namely the State Government Insurance Commission, has agreed to issue a Third Party Policy on vehicles registered in Western Australia under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 and Regulations.
The amendment is deemed to have come into effect on 1 January 1987 to cover insurance arrangements for vehicles registered under the Scheme since that date. The retrospective provisions do not affect the rights or liabilities of individuals.
S.R. No. 106/87