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COMMONWEALTH MOTOR VEHICLES (LIABILITY) AMENDMENT BILL 1997

1996-97

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




Presented and read a first time









-Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Amendment Bill 1997

No. , 1997

(Attorney-General)



A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Act 1959

9706920—899/26.5.1997—(69/97)  Cat. No. 96 7772 0  ISBN 0644 502924

Contents

A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Act 1959

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Amendment Act 1997.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the commencement of the Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Act 1997.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Commonwealth Motor Vehicles (Liability) Act 1959

1 Subsection 3(1)

Insert:

lease, in relation to a motor vehicle, means any agreement or arrangement under which the vehicle (whether for any or no consideration) is made available exclusively to a person for the person’s use.

2 Paragraph 5(1)(a)

After “owned by”, insert “, or leased to,”.

3 Subsection 5(1)

After “his”, insert “or her”.

4 After subsection 5(1)

Insert:

(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply if, at all relevant times:

(a) the vehicle was registered; or

(b) a motor vehicle licence was in force in respect of the vehicle;

under a law of a State or Territory.

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