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Greenhouse gas reduction projects - Ministerial statement - Motion to take note of paper - Resumption of debate.
Sitting suspended from 4.57 to 8.00 pm
MOTOR TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
MR DUBY (Minister for Finance and Urban Services) (8.01), by leave: Mr Speaker, I present the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Bill 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The Motor Traffic (Amendment) Bill (No. 1) 1990 provides amendments to the Motor Traffic Act 1936 consequential upon the Motor Vehicles (Dimensions- and Mass) Bill 1990 which I shall be presenting in a moment. The Bill empowers the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to refuse to register motor vehicles, or renew their registration, unless they comply with appropriate provisions in the Motor Vehicles (Dimensions and Mass) Act 1990, which will be presented later.
The Bill provides for equivalent provisions in respect of motor vehicle trailers. It also specifically allows a person to drive a vehicle with more than one trailer attached to it when the vehicle is being driven in accordance with a permit granted under the Motor Vehicles (Dimensions and Mass) Act 1990.
Finally, there is provision in the Bill to exclude general limits on width of vehicles prescribed in the Motor Traffic Act 1936 where a vehicle complies with relevant provisions under the Motor Vehicles (Dimension and Mass) Act 1936. I now present the explanatory memorandum to the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Grassby) adjourned.
MOTOR VEHICLES (DIMENSIONS AND MASS) BILL 1990
MR DUBY (Minister for Finance and Urban Services) (8.04), by leave: Mr Speaker, I present the Motor Vehicles (Dimensions and Mass) Bill 1990. Mr Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The ACT is the only state or territory where there are no limitations on the weight or size of loads carried by vehicles. This reduces vehicle safety and causes excessive and costly damage to the road system. This is an unnecessary expense which the Territory cannot afford.
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