ROAD TRANSPORT REFORM (DANGEROUS GOODS) REPEAL BILL 2009

2008-2009

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Road Transport Reform (Dangerous

Goods) Repeal Bill 2009

No. , 2009

(Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government)

A Bill for an Act to repeal the Road Transport

Reform (Dangerous Goods) Act 1995, and for

related purposes

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Contents

Short title ............................................................................................ 1

Commencement .................................................................................. 1

Schedule(s) ......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1--Repeal etc.

Part 1--Repeal

Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Act 1995

Part 2--Transitional provisions

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A Bill for an Act to repeal the Road Transport

Reform (Dangerous Goods) Act 1995, and for

related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Road Transport Reform (Dangerous

Goods) Repeal Act 2009.

2 Commence ment

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table

commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with

column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect

according to its terms.

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Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

1. Sections 1 to 3

and anything in

this Act not

elsewhere covered

by this table

The day on which this Act receives the

Royal Assent.

2. Schedule 1

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

However, if any of the provision(s) do not

commence with in the period of 6 months

beginning on the day on which this Act

receives the Royal Assent, they commence

on the first day after the end of that period.

Note:

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally

passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be

expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not

part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or

edited in any published version of this Act.

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 Repeal etc.

Part 2 Transitional provisions

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Part 2

Transitional provisions

2 Transitional

pre-commencement offences

(1)

Despite the repeal of the Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods)

Act 1995 by this Schedule, that Act continues to apply, in relation to:

(a) an offence committed before the commencement of this item;

(b) proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed

before the commencement of this item; or

proceedings;

as if that repeal had not happened.

(2)

Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts

Interpretation Act 1901.

3 Transitional

recovery of costs of government action

Despite the repeal of the Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods)

Act 1995 by this Schedule, section 44 of that Act continues to apply, in

relation to an incident that occurred before the commencement of this

item, as if that repeal had not happened.

4 Transitional

liability for pre-commencement acts and

omissions

Despite the repeal of the Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods)

Act 1995 by this Schedule, sections 48 and 49 of that Act continue to

apply, in relation to an act or omission that occurred before the

commencement of this item, as if that repeal had not happened.

5 Transitional

laws of the Australian Capital Territory

To avoid doubt, a law of the Australian Capital Territory may make

provision in relation to transitional matters arising out of the repeal of

the Road Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Act 1995.

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