Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act 1988

No. 40 of 1988

An Act to amend the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985

[Assented to 3 June 1988]

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

Short title etc.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act 1988.

(2) In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 19851.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on 1 July 1988.

Amount of charge

3. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:

“(4) The amount of charge in respect of the registration of a motor vehicle shall not exceed:

(a) in the case of a prime mover with 3 or more axles, where the gross combination mass of the vehicle together with its trailer or trailers exceeds 38 tonnes—$5,000; or

(b) in any other case—$1,000.

“(4a) For the purposes of subsection (4):

(a) the gross combination mass of a motor vehicle and its trailer or trailers shall be calculated in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 13 (aa) of the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985; and

(b) a motor vehicle shall be treated as having the maximum number of trailers that, at the time of registration, it is permitted by law to draw.”.

NOTE

1. No. 131, 1985.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 26 April 1988

Senate on 23 May 1988]