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INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE REGULATIONS (REPEAL) 1995 NO. 150

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 150

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport

Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1965

Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations (Repeal)

Section 7 of the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of subsections 4(2) and 5(2) of the Act. The Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations (the Regulations) are made under that section. Subsections 4(2) and 5(2) of the Act provide that the regulations may fix the actual charge payable by the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer.

Amendments to the interstate Road Transport Act 1985 (IRT Act) and the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985 provide for the application of national heavy vehicle registration charges determined through the National Road Transport Commission process to apply to vehicles registered under the Federal Interstate Registration Scheme (FIRS). The new charges form a Schedule to the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act 1995.

The amendments to the IRT Act also provide for the removal of the option to pay, a registration charge based on actual distance travelled using a charge monitoring device.

Money collected from registration charges is paid to the States and Territories for expenditure on the maintenance and upkeep of roads that are used by vehicles registered under FIRS.

As a consequence of these amendments, there are no provisions remaining in the Regulations.

The amendment repeals the Interstate Road Transport Charge Regulations as amended.

The Regulations commenced on 1 July 1995.