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TASMANIA
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (REGULATORY
REFORMS) AMENDMENT BILL 2023
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CONTENTS
PART 1 – PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
PART 2 – ROAD RULES 2019 AMENDED
3. Principal Rules
4. Schedule 5 amended (Dictionary)
PART 3 – VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC ACT 1999 AMENDED
5. Principal Act
6. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
7. Section 33 amended (Offensive advertising on vehicles)
PART 4 – CONCLUDING PROVISION
8. Repeal of Act
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (REGULATORY
REFORMS) AMENDMENT BILL 2023
(Brought in by the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport,
the Honourable Michael Darrel Joseph Ferguson)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 and the
Road Rules 2019
Be it enacted by Her 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:
PART 1 – PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic
(Regulatory Reforms) Amendment Act 2023.
2. Commencement
The provisions of this Act commence on a day
or days to be proclaimed.
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s. 3 Part 2 – Road Rules 2019 Amended
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PART 2 – ROAD RULES 2019 AMENDED
3. Principal Rules
In this Part, the Road Rules 2019* are referred to
as the Principal Rules.
4. Schedule 5 amended (Dictionary)
The definition of bicycle in clause 1 of Schedule
5 to the Principal Rules is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting “an auxiliary motor” first
occurring and substituting “one or more
auxiliary motors”;
(b) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (a):
(ab) includes a bicycle with an
electrically-powered auxiliary
motor (or motors) with a power
output (or combined power
output) of not more than 200
watts; and
(c) by inserting the following paragraph after
paragraph (b):
(ba) does not include a bicycle with an
internal combustion engine-
powered motor (or motors) of any
power output; and
_______________________________________________________________ *S.R. 2019, No. 61
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PART 3 – VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC ACT 1999
AMENDED
5. Principal Act
In this Part, the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
6. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
Paragraph (c) of the definition of motor vehicle
in section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended
as follows:
(a) by inserting “electrically-powered” after
“an”;
(b) by inserting “or such other wattage as is
prescribed” after “watts”.
7. Section 33 amended (Offensive advertising on
vehicles)
Section 33 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting “the Advertising Standards
Bureau” from the definition of
advertising in subsection (1) and
substituting “a decision-maker”;
(b) by omitting the definitions of Advertising
Standards Board and Advertising
_______________________________________________________________ *No. 70 of 1999
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Standards Bureau from subsection (1)
and substituting the following definition:
decision-maker means a body,
organisation or entity that is the
subject of a declaration made
under subsection (6).
(c) by omitting from subsection (2)(a) “the
Advertising Standards Board” twice
occurring and substituting “a decision-
maker”;
(d) by omitting from subsection (2)(b)
“Advertising Standards Bureau” and
substituting “decision-maker”;
(e) by omitting from subsection (2)(c)
“Advertising Standards Bureau” and
substituting “decision-maker”;
(f) by omitting from subsection (3)(c)
“Advertising Standards Bureau” and
substituting “decision-maker”;
(g) by omitting from subsection (4)
“Advertising Standards Bureau” and
substituting “decision-maker”;
(h) by inserting the following subsection
after subsection (5):
(6) The Minister may declare, by
notice published in the Gazette, a
body, organisation or entity, that
has the function of considering
complaints about advertising,
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made by members of the public,
to determine whether the
advertising breaches the
advertising code, to be a decision-
maker for the purposes of this
section.
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s. 8 Part 4 – Concluding Provision
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PART 4 – CONCLUDING PROVISION
8. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of
the day on which the last uncommenced
provision of this Act commenced.
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