COMMONWEALTH MOTOR VEHICLES (LIABILITY) AMENDMENT ACT 1978

No. 67 of 1978

An Act to amend the Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Act 1959 for purposes related to the self-government of the Northern Territory.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Amendment Act 1978.

(2) The Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Act 1959 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on 1 July 1978.

Interpretation

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of “Commonwealth authority” and substituting the following definition:

“‘Commonwealth authority’ means—

(a) a body corporate incorporated for a public purpose by a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory other than the Northern Territory; or

(b) a body corporate that is declared by the regulations to be a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of this Act, but does not include the Northern Territory or an incorporated company or association;”.

4. The Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following section:

Regulations

“7. The Governor-General may make regulations declaring a body corporate, being a body corporate incorporated for a public purpose by a law of the Northern Territory, to be a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of this Act.”.