Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 3

3 Objectives

(1) The overall objectives of this Act are, consistent with the objectives of the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , to—

(a) provide for the effective and efficient management of road use in the State; and

(b) provide a scheme for managing the use of the State’s roads that will—

(i) promote the effective and efficient movement of people, goods and services; and

(ii) contribute to the strategic management of road infrastructure in ways consistent with the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 ; and

(iii) improve road safety and the environmental impact of road use in ways that contribute to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and

(iv) support a reasonable level of community access and mobility in support of government social justice objectives; and

(c) provide for the effective and efficient management of vehicle use in a public place.

(2) This Act establishes a scheme to allow—

(a) identification of vehicles, drivers and road users; and

(b) establishment of performance standards for vehicles, drivers and road users; and

(c) establishment of rules for on-road behaviour; and

(d) monitoring of compliance with this Act, including by using alternative compliance schemes; and

(e) management of non-performing vehicles, drivers and road users; and

(f) control of access to the road network, or parts of the road network, for vehicles, drivers and road users; and

(g) management of traffic to enhance safety and transport efficiency.

(3) It is acknowledged that the objectives as stated in subsection (1) , and the scheme as outlined in subsection (2) , are limited in their application to heavy vehicles to the extent that the national scheme for facilitating and regulating the use of heavy vehicles on roads, having effect in Queensland as the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) , applies to heavy vehicles in the place of this Act.