2003

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ROAD TRANSPORT (OFFENCES) (DECLARATION OF HOLIDAY PERIOD) DETERMINATION 2003 (No 2)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Circulated by authority of

Bill Wood MLA
Minister for Urban Services

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ROAD TRANSPORT (OFFENCES) (DECLARATION OF HOLIDAY PERIOD) DETERMINATION 2003 (No 2)

DISALLOWABLE INSRUMENT DI 2003 - 324

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 subregulation 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 
24 December 2003 to the last moment of Sunday 4 January 2004 (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 2003 with the New Year holiday period for January 2004, which will be consistent with the double demerit period in NSW.