THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Parking and traffic Statute (No. 2) 2007
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
1. Authority for making the instrument. Australian National University Act 1991, section 51.
2. Purpose and operation of the instrument. The Statute provides for the regulation or control of traffic, or of the parking, stopping, standing or leaving of vehicles, on land occupied by the University. The Statute should be read in conjunction with Australian Capital Territory road transport legislation (which applies within the University and includes, but is not limited to, the following Acts :
(a) the Road Transport (General) Act 1999;
(b) the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977;
(c) the Road Transport (Dimensions and Mass) Act 1990;
(d) the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999;
(e) the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001;
(f) the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999;
(g) the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999).
3. Documents incorporated in the instrument by reference. None.
4. Consultation process. The Statute was developed in consultation with the University’s Transport Reference Group, the membership of which includes representatives of the academic and general staff of the University, the undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University and the three major Unions on campus. The Statute was made by the Council of the University.
Council and Boards Secretariat
2 October 2007.