EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

MOTOR TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE (NO. 5) 1986

No 77, 1986

	Section 180A of the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936 (the Principal Ordinance) provides that traffic infringement notices may be issued for offences against provisions of the Principal Ordinance specified in Schedule 6 of the Principal Ordinance.  A number of amendments to the Principal ordinance did not include consequential amendments to Schedule 6.  As a result there was no power to issue traffic infringement notices for certain offences.  The Motor Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 5) 1986 (“the Amending Ordinance”) amends the Principal Ordinance to enable the imposition of traffic infringement notices in relation to these offences.

	Details of the Amending Ordinance are as follows:

	Section 1 deals with citation

	Section 2 amends Schedule 6 of the Principal Ordinance by:

•	omitting from item 4 sub-section 115C(2) and substituting section 115C(1) (section 115C(1) deals with “bus only” lanes);
•	inserting in item 6 section 124A after sub-section 124(2) (section 124A deals with give way signs at roundabouts);
•	inserting in item 6 sections 128G(1) and 128G(2) (these sub-sections deal with vehicles which disobey “no-entry” signs);
•	omitting from item 6 section 147(1) (section 147(1) deals with speeding in school zones).

Authorised by the Minister of State for Territories