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Serial 69
Traffic
Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009
Mr
Giles
A Bill for an Act to amend the Traffic Act
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
TRAFFIC AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 2) 2009
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Act No. [ ] of 2009
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Table of provisions
57 Transitional matters
for Traffic Amendment Act (No. 2) 2009
NORTHERN
TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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Act No. [ ] of 2009
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An Act to amend the Traffic Act
[Assented to [ ] 2009]
[Second reading [ ] 2009]
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Traffic Amendment Act (No. 2) 2009.
This Act commences on the date fixed by the Administrator by Gazette notice.
This Act amends the Traffic Act.
4 Amendment of section 23 (Low range blood alcohol content)
After section 23(5)
insert
(5A) This section does not apply in relation to a person of a class mentioned in section 24(1).
Note for subsection (5A)
If an offence committed by a person is covered by this section and section 24 (because of section 24(1)), the person must be charged under section 24 rather than this section.
5 Amendment of section 24 (Some drivers to be zero alcohol)
(1) After section 24(1)
insert
(1A) This section also applies, for a period of 3 months, to a person who has been found guilty of an offence against section 23, which is not a second or subsequent offence for that section.
Note for subsection (1A)
See section 57 for the date after which this subsection applies in relation to an offence.
(1B) The period for subsection (1A) begins:
(a) on a finding of guilt by a court for the offence; or
(b) if the person is served with an infringement notice for the offence and the infringement notice is not withdrawn:
(i) when the infringement notice penalty is paid in full or in part; or
(ii) when the Fines Recovery Unit enters into a scheme with the person allowing further time to pay, or payment by instalments; or
(iii) when the period for payment of the infringement notice penalty expires without the person electing to have the matter heard by a court.
(2) Section 24(2)
omit
The person
substitute
A person to whom this section applies
(3) After section 24(6)
insert
(7) If this section applies to a person because of subsection (1A):
(a) subsections (5) and (6) do not apply to the person; and
(b) the person's licence is automatically cancelled and the person is disqualified from obtaining a licence for a minimum period of 3 months.
(8) In this section:
Fines Recovery Unit means the Fines Recovery Unit established by section 27 of the Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act.
After section 56
insert
57 Transitional matters for Traffic Amendment Act (No. 2) 2009
The amendments to this Act made by the Traffic Amendment Act (No. 2) 2009 apply only in relation to offences committed after the commencement of this section.
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