Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Amendment Regulation 2007 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2007-26

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999.
Dated 12 September 2007.
Jon Stanhope
Minister
John Hargreaves
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Amendment Regulation 2007 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2007-26
made under the
Road Transport (General) Act 1999

    

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Amendment Regulation 2007 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This regulation 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 regulation amends the Road Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Regulation 2000.
4	New section 11 (5), (6) and (7)
insert
	(5)	In this section:
maximum premium, in relation to a third-party policy that begins before 1 November 2007, means the maximum amount that is payable under schedule 1 as it was in force immediately before the commencement of this subsection.
	(6)	Subsection (5) is a law to which the Legislation Act, section 88 (Repeal does not end effect of transitional laws etc) applies.
	(7)	Subsections (5) and (6) and this subsection expire on 31 October 2007.

5	Schedule 1
substitute
Schedule 1	Classification of vehicles and maximum rates for premiums
(see s 10 and s 11)

column 1
item	column 2
premium classification	column 3
classification definition	column 4
case (if relevant)	column 5
maximum premium ($)—private purposes	column 6
maximum premium ($)—business purposes	
1	ambulance	motor vehicle built to transport sick or injured people		540.75	594.75	
2	breakdown vehicle	motor vehicle used mainly to tow broken-down vehicles		772.50	849.65	
3	bus or tourist vehicle	motor vehicle (other than a taxi, private hire car or restricted hire vehicle) used to carry paying passengers	·	if the vehicle has seating for not more than 16 adults (including the driver)	1 158.75	1 274.50	
			·	if the vehicle has seating for more than 16 adults (including the driver)	1 660.85	1 826.75	
4	drive-yourself vehicle	motor vehicle let for hire (other than under a lease or hire‑purchase agreement)		2 317.50	2 549.00	
5	firefighting vehicle	motor vehicle used solely for firefighting		482.80	531.00	
6	general hire car	motor vehicle licensed (or intended to be licensed) as a private hire car		1 545.00	1 699.30	
7	goods vehicle	motor vehicle built mainly to carry goods (other than a primary producer’s goods vehicle)	·	if the unladen weight is not over 975kg	386.25	424.80	
			·	if the unladen weight is over 975kg but not over 2t	579.35	637.20	
			·	if the unladen weight is over 2t	1 622.25	1 784.30	
8	historic vehicle	motor vehicle (other than a veteran vehicle or vintage vehicle) built not less than 30 years before the day of issue of the third-party policy for the vehicle and registered concessionally as a historic vehicle		38.60	42.45	
9	miscellaneous vehicle	tractor (other than a primary producer’s tractor) or implement		540.75	594.75	
10	mobile crane	motor vehicle built mainly as a crane (other than a breakdown vehicle or tractor)		772.50	849.65	
11	motorcycle	motorbike or motortrike	·	if the engine capacity is not over 300mL	77.25	84.95	
			·	if the engine capacity is over 300mL but not over 600mL	347.60	382.30	
			·	if the engine capacity is over 600mL	347.60	382.30	
12	passenger vehicle
	motor vehicle built mainly to carry people (other than an ambulance, bus or tourist vehicle, drive-yourself vehicle, motorcycle, police vehicle, private hire car or taxi)		386.25	424.80	
13	police vehicle	motor vehicle driven, or intended to be driven, by a police officer in the course of his or her duty		965.60	1 062.05	
14	primary producer’s goods vehicle	goods vehicle used by a primary producer in connection with his or her operations as a primary producer	·	if the unladen weight is not over 2t	386.25	424.80	
			·	if the unladen weight is over 2t	463.50	509.80	
15	primary producer’s tractor	tractor used by a primary producer in connection with his or her operations as a primary producer		309.00	339.85	
16	taxi	motor vehicle licensed (or intended to be licensed) as a taxi		5 407.50	5 947.70	
17	trader’s plate			115.85	127.40	
18	trailer	vehicle built to be towed by a motor vehicle		nil	nil	
19	undertaker’s vehicle	motor vehicle used solely as an undertaker’s hearse		309.00	339.85	
20	veteran vehicle	motor vehicle built before 1919		38.60	42.45	
21	vintage vehicle	motor vehicle built after 1918 and before 1931		38.60	42.45	

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 13 September 2007.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2007