A Bill for an Act to suspend the Contractor Driver Minimum Payments Road Safety Remuneration Order 2016, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Road Safety Remuneration Amendment (Protecting Owner Drivers) Act 2016.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this Act | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 1—Suspension of certain orders
1 Definitions
In this Schedule:
2016 Order means the Contractor Driver Minimum Payments Road Safety Remuneration Order 2016 made under Part 2 of the main Act.
later order means an order that:
(a) is made under Part 2 of the main Act; and
(b) is made after the 2016 Order was made.
main Act means the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012.
suspension period means the period that:
(a) starts at the start of the day this Act commences; and
(b) ends at the end of 31 December 2016.
2 2016 Order not to have effect in suspension period
Despite any other law (including the main Act), the 2016 Order has no effect in the suspension period.
3 Later orders not to have effect in suspension period
Despite any other law (including the main Act), a later order has no effect in the suspension period.
4 Rules about transitional matters etc.
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the rules; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) The rules may prescribe matters of a transitional nature relating to the 2016 Order or a later order.
(3) Despite any other law (including the main Act), the rules may provide that the main Act has effect in relation to the 2016 Order or a later order with any modifications prescribed by the rules.
(4) To avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:
(a) create an offence or civil penalty;
(b) provide powers of:
(i) arrest or detention; or
(ii) entry, search or seizure;
(c) impose a tax;
(d) set an amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund under an appropriation in this Act;
(e) directly amend the text of this Act.