2003
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Minister for Urban Services)
Road Transport (General) Amendment Bill 2003

Contents
	Page
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
	3	Legislation amended	2
	4	Revocation of suspension on court order
Section 48 (2) (b)	2
	5	Section 48 (3) (a)	2
	6	New section 48 (4A) and (4B)	2
	7	Section 48	3

2003
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Minister for Urban Services)
Road Transport (General) Amendment Bill 2003

A Bill for
An Act to amend the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 

    

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

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Road Transport (General) Amendment Act 2003.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
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 (General) Act 1999.
4	Revocation of suspension on court order
Section 48 (2) (b)
omit
if the offence involved a vehicle—
5	Section 48 (3) (a)
substitute
	(a)	that an offence was committed; and
6	New section 48 (4A) and (4B)
insert
	(4A)	However, the court may make the declaration only if—
	(a)	the administering authority fails to prove that an offence was committed; or
	(b)	the person establishes one of the grounds mentioned in subsection (4B).
	(4B)	For subsection (4A) (b) the grounds are—
	(a)	that the vehicle was stolen, or illegally taken or used, at the time of the offence; or
	(b)	that the person made and gave to the administering authority a known user declaration in accordance with section 39 (Known user declarations) for the offence and, if the person is an individual, that someone else was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence; or
	(c)	that the vehicle (or all of the person’s interest in the vehicle) had been sold or disposed of by the person before the time of the offence, and that at that time the person did not have an interest in the vehicle; or
	(d)	that—
	(i)	the person was not the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence; and
	(ii)	the person does not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have found out, the name and address of the driver of the vehicle at that time.
7	Section 48
renumber subsections when Act next republished under Legislation Act

Endnotes
1	Presentation speech
	Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on	2003.
2	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on	2003.
3	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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