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INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1992 NO. 349

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 349

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Land Transport

Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985

Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations (Amendment)

Section 7 of the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of subsections 4(2) and 5(2) of the Act. The Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations (the Regulations) are made under that section. Subsections 4(2) and 5(2) of the Act provide that the Regulations may fix the actual charge payable by the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer.

The Act was amended in 1991 by the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act 1991 to remove limits on the amount of charge that may be fixed by regulations under the Act.

Under the Act and the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985, owners may elect to pay registration charges either at a flat rate or on the basis of distance travelled. The flat registration charge is determined for a vehicle of a particular class by multiplying the charge per kilometre in column 4 of the Schedule ("Rate of Charge and imputed Distance") by the imputed distance set out in column 5. The cents per kilometre figures in column 4 are also used in determining registration charges according to distance travelled.

The Schedule has been amended by-replacing item 4A with new item 4A to provide for registration charges for 2 classes of prime movers to be operated in a B-double combination having up to 7 axles.

The amending Regulations commenced on the date of Gazettal.