National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Regulations: Heavy Vehicles Registration—Package No. 1) Regulations 2009

Select Legislative Instrument No. 310, 2009

made under the

National Transport Commission Act 2003

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date:   5 March 2016

Includes amendments up to: F2016L00170

Registered:    24 May 2016

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Regulations: Heavy Vehicles Registration—Package No. 1) Regulations 2009 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 5 March 2016 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents

1 Name of Regulations

2 Commencement

3 Proposed amendments of model legislation

Schedule 1—Proposed model legislation for regulation 3

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

1  Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Regulations: Heavy Vehicles Registration—Package No. 1) Regulations 2009.

2  Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3  Proposed amendments of model legislation

 (1) Under section 7 of the National Transport Commission Act 2003, Schedule 1 sets out model legislation, in the form of regulations, to amend the principal model legislation.

 (2) In subregulation (1), principal model legislation means the model legislation set out in Schedule 1 to the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation—Heavy Vehicles Registration Act) Regulations 2006 as if it had been amended by the amendments in Schedules 1 and 2 to the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation—Heavy Vehicles Registration Act) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1).

Note 1: The model legislation does not have the force of law (see paragraph 7(2)(a) of the National Transport Commission Act 2003).

Note 2: These Regulations are not subject to disallowance—see regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 44(2)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.

Note 3: These Regulations are not subject to sunsetting—see regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 54(2)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.

Schedule 1—Proposed model legislation for regulation 3

(regulation 3)

Model Amendment Regulations: Heavy Vehicles Registration—Package No. 1)

Contents

Page

1. Name

2. Purpose

3. Approval

4. Release of information in registration authority’s register

Model Amendments Regulations: Heavy Vehicles Registration—Package No. 1

The following provisions are intended to provide the basis for nationally consistent transport laws on the topics with which they deal.  They do not, of themselves, have any legal effect.

1.  Name

  These are the Model Amendments Regulations: Heavy Vehicles Registration—Package No. 1.

2.  Purpose

  The purpose of these Amendments is to amend Heavy Vehicles Registration Regulations to insert a note enabling jurisdictions to refer to their own privacy legislation in regulating the release of information held in certain registers.

3.  Approval

  These Amendments were approved by the Australian Transport Council on 7 November 2008.

4.  Release of information in registration authority’s register

  At the end of regulation 17(7) of the Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Regulations insert –

  “[Local variations – jurisdictions with their own privacy legislation may prefer to refer to the relevant equivalent provisions of that legislation rather than to the Commonwealth Act.]”.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.

If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history