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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 13 Hansard (7 December) . . Page.. 3895 ..


MR SMYTH (continuing):

Schedule 3 -

Page 20, line 25, proposed amendment of subsection 217 (3), Duties Act 1999, proposed new subsection 217 (5), omit "on 1 December 2001", substitute "2 years after the commencement of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999".

Page 21, line 23, proposed amendment of subsection 221 (3), Duties Act 1999, proposed new subsection 221 (5), omit "on 1 December 2001", substitute "2 years after the commencement of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999".

Page 22, line 2, after the proposed amendments of the Duties Act 1999, insert the following proposed amendment:

"Emergency Management Act 1999

Paragraph 67 (4) (b) -

4 Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

'(b) Part 10 (Compulsory vehicle insurance) of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999.'.".

Page 25, line 5, proposed amendment of Schedule 5, Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991, after the proposed amendment of subsection 256 (4C), insert the following proposed amendment:

"Schedule 5-

After item 11, insert the following item:

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Parking a heavy vehicle on residential land in contravention of a code of practice in relation to the parking of heavy vehicles under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulations 1999".

20 penalty units

Amendments 2 and 3 revise the expiry date of consequential amendments to the Duties Act 1999 from 1 December 1999 to two years after the commencement of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999. This is because of the delay in the introduction. Amendment No. 4 is a consequential amendment to the Emergency Management Act 1999 to reflect the transfer of provisions from the Motor Traffic Act 1936 to the Road Transport (General) Act. Amendment 5 inserts a penalty in the Land Act for unlawfully parking a heavy vehicle on residential land.

Amendments agreed to.

MR HARGREAVES (7.44): Mr Speaker, I ask for leave to move amendments Nos 1 to 8 circulated in my name together.

Leave granted.

MR HARGREAVES: I move:


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