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TASMANIA
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (HEAVY
VEHICLE CHARGES) BILL 2012
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Schedule 2 amended (Rates of Motor Tax for Heavy Vehicles)
5. Annual adjustment figures
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (HEAVY
VEHICLE CHARGES) BILL 2012
(Brought in by the Minister for Infrastructure, the Honourable
David James O'Byrne)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999, to
validate certain heavy vehicle charges collected under that
Act and for related purposes
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:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic
Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Charges) Act 2012.
2. Commencement
(1) Except as provided in this section, this Act
commences on the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 4 commences on a day to be proclaimed.
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3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Schedule 2 amended (Rates of Motor Tax for Heavy
Vehicles)
Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting the following definition after
the definition of axle group in clause
1(1):
B-double combination means a
combination consisting of a prime
mover towing 2 semi-trailers;
(b) by omitting the definition of tax table
from clause 1(1);
(c) by omitting clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5 and
substituting the following clauses:
2. Heavy vehicle tax for 2012/13
For the period from the day on
which section 4 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Amendment (Heavy
Vehicle Charges) Act 2012
commences to 30 June 2013, both
days inclusive, the amount of tax
payable for a heavy vehicle of a
*No. 70 of 1999
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type specified in column 2 of the
following table is the amount
correspondingly specified in
column 3 of the following table:
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item Type of heavy vehicle Tax payable
($)
Trucks
1. A 2 axle truck with a GVM not exceeding 12 tonnes 542
2. A 2 axle truck with a GVM exceeding 12 tonnes 859
3. A 2 axle truck nominated for use in a combination 859
having a trailer with a laden mass exceeding 4.5 tonnes
and a mass entitlement not exceeding 42.5 tonnes
4. A 2 axle truck nominated for use in a combination 6 783
having one trailer and more than 6 axles or a mass
entitlement exceeding 42.5 tonnes
5. A 3 axle truck with a GVM not exceeding 16.5 tonnes 859
6. A 3 axle truck with a GVM exceeding 16.5 tonnes 1 021
7. A 3 axle truck nominated for use in a combination 1 021
having a trailer with a laden mass exceeding 4.5 tonnes
and a mass entitlement not exceeding 42.5 tonnes
8. A 3 axle truck nominated for use in a combination 6 783
having one trailer and more than 6 axles or a mass
entitlement exceeding 42.5 tonnes
9. A truck with 4 or more axles and a GVM not 759
exceeding 20 tonnes
10. A truck with 4 or more axles and a GVM exceeding 20 1 021
tonnes
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item Type of heavy vehicle Tax payable
($)
11. A truck with 4 or more axles and nominated for use in 1 854
a combination having a trailer with a laden mass
exceeding 4.5 tonnes and a mass entitlement not
exceeding 42.5 tonnes
12. A truck with 4 or more axles and nominated for use in 7 326
a combination having one trailer and more than 6 axles
or a mass entitlement exceeding 42.5 tonnes
Prime Movers
1. A prime mover with 2 axles 1 164
2. A prime mover with 3 axles 4 744
3. A prime mover with 4 or more axles 5 030
4. A prime mover with 2 axles and nominated for use in a 9 457
combination having 2 semi-trailers
5. A prime mover with 3 axles and nominated for use in a 9 457
combination having 2 semi-trailers
6. A prime mover with 4 or more axles and nominated for 10 402
use in a combination having 2 semi-trailers
Buses
1. A 2 axle rigid bus with a GVM not exceeding 12 488
tonnes
2. A 2 axle rigid bus with a GVM exceeding 12 tonnes 488
3. A rigid bus with 3 or more axles 2 429
4. An articulated bus 488
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item Type of heavy vehicle Tax payable
($)
Trailers
1. A goods-carrying trailer with a GVM exceeding 4.5 192
tonnes but less than 9 tonnes
2. A single or tandem axle semi-trailer (excluding a 550 (per axle)
converter dolly) with a GVM of 9 tonnes or more
3. A tri-axle or quad-axle semi-trailer (excluding a 550 (per axle)
converter dolly) with a GVM of 9 tonnes or more
4. A pig trailer with a GVM of 9 tonnes or more 550 (per axle)
5. A dog trailer with a GVM of 9 tonnes or more 550 (per axle)
6. A converter dolly with a GVM of 9 tonnes or more 550 (per axle)
7. B-double lead trailer - single axle 550 (per axle)
8. B-double lead trailer - tandem axle 1 050 (per
axle)
9. B-double lead trailer - tri-axle and quad-axle 1 100 (per
axle)
Special-purpose vehicles
1. A special-purpose vehicle (type p), being a special- Nil
purpose vehicle built, or permanently modified,
primarily for -
(a) off-road use; or
(b) use on public streets that are under
construction or repair
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item Type of heavy vehicle Tax payable
($)
2. A special-purpose vehicle (type t), being a special- 292
purpose vehicle (other than one referred to in item 1)
that -
(a) has been built, or permanently modified, for
use on public streets; and
(b) has no axle group loaded in excess of the
mass limits prescribed under this Act
3. A special-purpose vehicle (type o), being a special- 365 + (365 x
purpose vehicle (other than one referred to in item 1) number of
that - axles in excess
of 2)
(a) has been built, or permanently modified,
primarily for use on public streets; and
(b) has at least one axle or axle group loaded in
excess of the mass limits prescribed under
this Act
3. Heavy vehicle tax for 2013/14 and
beyond
(1) In this clause -
previous tax, for a heavy
vehicle in respect of a
financial year, means the
amount of tax payable for
the heavy vehicle under
this Schedule for
registration for the full
term of the immediately
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preceding financial year
(regardless of whether
that amount was actually
or fully paid);
subsequent financial year
means a financial year
following the financial
year ending on
30 June 2013.
(2) For a subsequent financial year,
the amount of tax payable for a
heavy vehicle is to be calculated
by -
(a) multiplying the annual
adjustment factor for that
subsequent financial year
by the previous tax; and
(b) adding the result to or, if
the percentage is negative,
subtracting the amount
from the previous tax; and
(c) rounding the result up or
down to the nearest dollar
(rounding an amount of
50 cents upwards).
5. Annual adjustment figures
(1) In this section -
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subsisting Schedule 2 means Schedule 2 to
the Principal Act as in force when this
section commences.
(2) For the purposes of clause 3(2)(a) of subsisting
Schedule 2, the annual adjustment factor for the
financial year commencing on 1 July 2009 is,
and is taken to have always been, 3.2%.
(3) For the purposes of clause 5(2)(a) of subsisting
Schedule 2, the annual adjustment factor for the
financial year commencing on 1 July 2011 is,
and is taken to have always been, 2.4%.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, any taxes collected
or purportedly collected by the Crown under
subsisting Schedule 2 are taken to have been
validly collected.
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