Victorian Numbered Acts

ROAD LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 14 OF 2007) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the nomination process under the "owner onus" provisions of the Road Safety Act 1986 , the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 and the EastLink Project Act 2004 to replace the requirement for sworn statements or statutory declarations with a simpler statement requirement;

        (b)     to amend the "operator onus" provisions of the Road Safety Act 1986 to ensure that a proceeding may be commenced against any person who again becomes a responsible person in relation to a motor vehicle or trailer not later than 12 months after that event;

        (c)     to extend to trailers and towed motor vehicles certain evidentiary provisions of the Road Safety Act 1986 ;

        (d)     to amend the EastLink Project Act 2004 —

              (i)     to redefine the meaning of trip; and

              (ii)     to allow the area for which the Freeway Corporation is a referral authority to be extended;

        (e)     to amend the Melbourne City Link Act 1995 —

              (i)     to limit the roaming fee that may be charged by the relevant corporation for providing a roaming service in relation to the use of EastLink; and

              (ii)     to provide for the definition of tollway operator to include tollway operators in Victoria.