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Territory governments, and industry, employee and consumer representatives, and are endorsed by the Australian Transport Advisory Council, of which I am a member. All States and Territories enforce the Australian design rules when registering motor vehicles.
With the exception of design rules relating to vehicle emissions, which were included independently in the Motor Traffic Act, the ACT has been enforcing Australian design rules administratively since 1973. This Bill will ensure that the Australian design rules can be legally enforced. It will also streamline the legal processes previously required to enable Australian design rules to be applied. Provision will be made to ensure that vehicle owners are not disadvantaged by the retrospective nature of the proposed legislative amendment. Vehicles registered in the ACT prior to the implementation of this amendment will be deemed to comply with the design rules applicable to that vehicle at the time of manufacture. Considerable consultation has occurred with the Department of Transport and Communications and transport authorities in other States. All have concurred with the need to legislate on this important matter.
Finally, there is an important additional reason for this Bill. The Federal Government's road safety initiatives include the introduction of Australian design rules relating to speed limiters for heavy vehicles. Accordingly, without legislating to introduce Australian design rules the ACT cannot participate in funding available under this Federal initiative. In this sense, this Bill forms part of our commitment to the Federal Government's 10-point package of road safety initiatives. I now present the explanatory memorandum for this Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Grassby) adjourned.
MOTOR TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 4) 1990
MR DUBY (Minister for Finance and Urban Services) (10.40): Mr Speaker, I present the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Bill (No. 4) 1990. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
This initiative is part of our commitment to the Federal Government's road safety initiatives, which include increased enforcement of seat belt and child restraint wearing.
The ACT Motor Traffic Act was introduced in 1936 and relates to the control of motor vehicles and the regulation of motor traffic. This Bill will require children under one year of age, who are travelling in a moving motor vehicle, to be restrained in a suitable Australian standards approved infant or child restraint, where the
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