Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (General) (Application of Road Transport Legislation) Declaration 2007 (No 8)
Disallowable instrument DI2007—315
made under the
Road Transport (General) Act 1999, s13  (Power to exclude vehicles, persons or animals from road transport legislation)

1	Name of instrument
	This instrument is the Road Transport (General) (Application of Road Transport Legislation) Declaration 2007 (No 8).
2	Commencement and Termination
	This instrument commences on 2 January 2008 and expires at midnight on 6 January 2008.
3	Declaration
	I exempt a registered:
•	entrant motor vehicle;
•	entrant/camper motor vehicle;
•	promotional motor vehicle; or
•	trailer,
and the registered operator or user of such a vehicle from sections 108, 109, 110 and 111 of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000 (the Regulation) while the vehicle is within the fenced area of Exhibition Park In Canberra, shown on the attached map, and is participating in the event known as the Street Machine Magazine 21st Summernats Car Festival;

	and I exempt an unregistered:
•	entrant motor vehicle;
•	entrant/camper motor vehicle;
•	promotional motor vehicle; or
•	trailer,
and the owner or user of such a vehicle from subsection 18(1) of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999 and from sections 108, 109, 110 and 111 of the Regulation while the vehicle is within the fenced area of Exhibition Park In Canberra, shown on the attached map, and is participating in the event.
To avoid any doubt, this declaration does not apply to the use of any motor vehicle or trailer outside Exhibition Park In Canberra. 
4	Definitions
	For this declaration:
•	‘motor vehicle’ and ‘trailer’ have the same meanings as in the dictionary to the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999; 
•	‘owner’ has the same meaning as in section 159 of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999; 
•	‘registered operator’ has the same meaning as in the dictionary of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999; 
•	‘registered vehicle’ means a registrable vehicle registered under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999, or registered under the law of another jurisdiction, external Territory or foreign country; 
•	‘unregistered vehicle’ has the same meaning as in the Regulation; 
•	‘event’ means the Street Machine Magazine 21st Summernats Car Festival;
•	‘entrant motor vehicle’ means a registered or unregistered motor vehicle or trailer that Street Machine Services ACT Pty Ltd has issued with a colour-coded sticker for the event containing a unique identification number and bearing the word ‘entrant’; 
•	‘entrant/camper motor vehicle’ means a registered or unregistered motor vehicle or trailer that Street Machine Services ACT Pty Ltd has issued with a colour-coded sticker for the event containing a unique identification number and bearing the words ‘entrant/camper’; 
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‘promotional motor vehicle’ means a registered or unregistered motor vehicle or trailer that Street Machine Services ACT Pty Ltd has issued with a colour-coded sticker for the event containing a unique identification number and bearing the words ‘promotional’; and
•	‘user’ means a person who drives, parks or stops a vehicle within the fenced area of Exhibition Park in Canberra, as shown in the attached map. 

John Hargreaves
Minister for Territory and Municipal Services
19 December 2007