2008
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Mr Bill Stefaniak)
Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Amendment Bill 2008

Contents
	Page
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
	3	Legislation amended	2
	4	Section 2	2
	5	Time for giving notice of claim—nominal defendant
Section 86 (2) and note	3

2008
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Mr Bill Stefaniak)
Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Amendment Bill 2008

A Bill for
An Act to amend the Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Act 2008

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Amendment Act 2008.
2	Commencement
	(1)	This Act (other than section 5) commences on the day after its notification day.
	(2)	Section 5 commences on the commencement of the Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Act 2008, section 86 (Time for giving notice of claim—nominal defendant).
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This Act amends the Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Act 2008.
4	Section 2
substitute
2	Commencement
This Act commences on 1 March 2009.
Note 	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
5	Time for giving notice of claim—nominal defendant
Section 86 (2) and note
substitute
	(2)	The notice of claim must be given under section 84 not later than—
	(a)	3 months after the day the motor accident for the motor accident claim happened; or
	(b)	if the court orders a later day under subsection (2A)—the day ordered.
Note	However, the time for giving a notice of claim for a claimant with a legal disability begins on the day after the day the claimant’s legal disability ends (see s 98).
	(2A)	A court may, on application, order that a notice of claim under section 84 may be given on a day more than 3 months after the day the motor accident for the motor accident claim happened if satisfied that the later day is reasonable in the circumstances of the case.

Endnotes
1	Presentation speech
	Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on	2008.
2	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on	2008.
3	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2008