2001

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ROAD TRANSPORT (OFFENCES) REGULATIONS 2001

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Circulated by authority of

Bill Wood MLA
Minister for Urban Services

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ROAD TRANSPORT (OFFENCES) REGULATIONS 2001

INSTRUMENT NO. 344 OF 2001

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Road Transport (Offences) Regulations 2001, under subregulation 21(1)(e), empower the Minister to declare a period to be a holiday period.  The notice, by virtue of paragraph 21(4), is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 9 of the Legislation Act 2001.

This instrument specifies the period from the first moment of Wednesday 26 December 2001 to the last moment of Thursday 27 December 2001 (inclusive) to be a holiday period.  Accordingly, for this period, additional demerit points, as specified in subregulation 20(2), will apply.

The declaration will link the Christmas holiday period for December 2001 with the New Year holiday period for January 2002, thus making the double demerit point period for Christmas/New Year consistent with that in NSW.