1998

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Motor Vehicle Standards Amendment Bill 1998

No.      , 1998

(Transport and Regional Services)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989

ISBN:  0642 387028

Contents
1	Short title	1
2	Commencement	1
3	Schedule(s)	2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989	3

A Bill for an Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1  Short title
		This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Standards Amendment Act 1998.
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		Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 1—Amendment of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989
  
1  Subsection 5(1)
Insert:
Associate Administrator means an Associate Administrator of Vehicle Standards referred to in section 22.
2  Subsection 5(1) (at the end of the definition of vehicle standard)
Add:
	; or (d)	promote the saving of energy.
3  Paragraph 11(1)(a)
Omit “arrangements referred to in section 10”, substitute “this Act”.
4  Subparagraph 11(1)(b)(i)
Omit “those arrangements”, substitute “arrangements of the kind referred to in section 10”.
5  At the end of subparagraph 11(1)(b)(iv)
Add “or”.
6  After subparagraph 11(1)(b)(iv)
Insert:
	(v)	that the person has failed to comply with a condition to which his or her authority is subject under subsection 10A(4);
7  Paragraph 12(d)
Omit “given; or”, substitute “given.”.
8  Paragraph 12(e)
Repeal the paragraph.
9  Subsection 17A(1)
Omit “section 39 of”.
10  Subsection 22(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
	(1)	There are to be an Administrator of Vehicle Standards and such Associate Administrators of Vehicle Standards as are required.
11  At the end of section 22
Add:
	(3)	An Associate Administrator:
	(a)	is to be appointed by the Secretary to the Department; and
	(b)	is to be a person holding an office in the Department.
12  Section 23
Omit “another person who holds or performs the duties of a Senior Executive Service office within the Department”, substitute “an Associate Administrator”.
13  Paragraph 23(e)
Omit “section 10; and”, substitute “section 10.”.
14  Paragraph 23(f)
Repeal the paragraph.
15  After paragraph 39(1)(aa)
Insert:
	(aaa)	a decision of the Minister under section 10A; and
16  Paragraph 39(1)(b)
Omit “subsection 14(2)”, substitute “section 14A”.