Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (General) Fees for Publications Determination 2015 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2015–98
made under the
Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 96 (Determination of fees, charges and other amounts)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 96 of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 allows the Minister to determine fees, charges and other amounts.  Section 96 (2) (b) provides that a fee, charge or other amount may be determined in relation to any other service or facility provided for road users or particular road users, including, for example, a service or facility for, or to improve, road safety or transport efficiency.

This disallowable instrument has the effect of determining the fees for various kinds of road transport publications.  These publications are made available by the road transport authority on request.

The fees for the 2015-2016 financial year have been increased by the Wages Price Index (WPI) of 2.75%, rounded down to the nearest ten cents.

Column 1 of schedule 1 lists the item number.  Column 2 of schedule 1 describes the service or other matter in relation to the fee payable.  Column 3 of schedule 1 lists the fee payable on or before 30 June 2015.  Column 4 of schedule 1 lists the fee payable on or after 1 July 2015.

Transport Ministers agreed in February 2013 to set national fees for the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), which includes the price for the national driver work diary.  The fee has now been agreed nationally at $20.  The states and territories will retain fee revenue related to the sale of work diaries under this proposal.  There is no change to this fee on 1 July 2015.

This determination is a disallowable instrument and must be presented to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after its notification pursuant to section 64 of the Legislation Act 2001.