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TASMANIA
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TRAFFIC AMENDMENT BILL 2003
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 59 amended (Traffic signs)
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TRAFFIC AMENDMENT BILL 2003
(Brought in by the Minister for Infrastructure, the
Honourable James Glennister Cox)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Traffic Act 1925
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled,
as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Traffic Amendment Act
2003.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Traffic Act 1925* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
*No. 38 of 1925
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Section 59 amended (Traffic signs)
4. Section 59 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the
following subsections:
(1) The Commission may issue
directions for the use of traffic signs -
(a) on or near public streets; and
(b) on or in vehicles on public streets.
(1A) A direction referred to in
subsection (1) may be given to any of the
following:
(a) a highway authority;
(b) a prescribed authority;
(c) any other person or class of
persons.
(1B) A person referred to in
subsection (1A) must comply with a direction
issued by the Commission.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty
units.
(b) by omitting from subsection (2) "highway
authorities and such other authorities as may
be prescribed" and substituting "an authority
or person referred to in subsection (1A)";
(c) by omitting from subsection (3) "Every
highway authority and such other authority as
may be prescribed" and substituting "An
authority or person referred to in
subsection (1A)";
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(d) by inserting in subsection (4) "or placed on or
in any vehicle on any public street" after
"street";
(e) by inserting the following penalty after
subsection (4):
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty
units.
(f) by inserting in subsection (5) "or is on or in
any vehicle on or near any public street" after
"street";
(g) by inserting in subsection (5) "or vehicle" after
"such land";
(h) by inserting in subsection (6) "or enter into
such vehicle" after "land".
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