Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (General) Vehicle Registration and Related Fees Determination 2016 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2016—42
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 payable under the ACT road transport legislation.

This disallowable instrument has the effect of determining fees, payable in advance, for transactions relating to vehicle registration and related fees under the road transport legislation. 

Vehicle registration fees have been increased by 5%, rounded down to the nearest ten cents.  Other fees and charges have been increased by the Wages Price Index (WPI) of 1.6%.  The short term registration surcharge (payable for registration periods of less than 12 months) has not been changed.

The National Transport Commission has advised the heavy vehicle registration charges that are to be applied from 1 July 2016.  

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 for a registration period commencing on or before 30 June 2016.  Column 4 of schedule 1 lists the fee payable for a registration period commencing on or after 1 July 2016.

Schedules 2 and 3 provide for fees applicable to external organisations requesting data sourced from the Road Transport Authority database.  

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.