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Act No. 158 of 1997 as made
An Act to amend the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991, and for related purposes
Date of Assent 03 Nov 1997
Date of repeal 10 Mar 2016
Repealed by Amending Acts 1990 to 1999 Repeal Act 2016
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National Road Transport Commission Amendment Act 1997

 

No. 158, 1997

 

 

 

 

  

  


 

 

 

 

National Road Transport Commission Amendment Act 1997

 

No. 158, 1997

 

 

 

 

An Act to amend the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991, and for related purposes

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................

2............ Commencement..................................................................................

3............ Schedule(s)..........................................................................................

Schedule 1—Amendment of the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991

National Road Transport Commission Act 1991                                                 

 


National Road Transport Commission Amendment Act 1997

No. 158, 1997

 

 

 

An Act to amend the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991, and for related purposes

[Assented to 3 November 1997]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the National Road Transport Commission Amendment Act 1997.

2  Commencement

                   This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3  Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.


 

Schedule 1Amendment of the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991

  

National Road Transport Commission Act 1991

1  Subsection 6(3)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

             (3)  Subsection (2) does not prevent a person from being appointed as a member even if the person has previously been appointed as a member on 2 or more occasions.

2  At the end of section 8

Add:

             (6)  In determining the functions that may be performed, and the powers that may be exercised, by the Commission, the reference in subclause 7(4) of the Heavy Vehicles Agreement to 6 years is to be read as a reference to 7 years.

3  Subsection 46(1)

Omit “6 years”, substitute “7 years”.

Note:       The heading to section 46 is altered by omitting “6 years” and substituting “7 years”.

4  Subsection 47(1)

Omit “6 months”, substitute “18 months”.


[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 25 September 1997

Senate on 12 October 1997]