STATUTES AMENDMENT (HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW) BILL

Second Reading

Adjourned debate on second reading.

(Continued from 3 July 2013.)

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (12:51): I would like to give my thanks to the Hon. Mr Ridgway for his comments on this bill made in the previous debate and indicate my happiness with his decision to support it.

Bill read a second time.

Committee Stage

In committee.

Clauses 1 to 61 passed.

Clause 62.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I move:

Page 20, line 25 [Clause 62, substitution of sections 123 and 124]—Delete:

'Section 123—delete the section' and substitute:

Sections 123 and 124—delete the sections

If the amendment is not made there will be two sections 124 in the Road Traffic Act. Section 124 is an offence provision. This could create confusion for industry and uncertainty for enforcement and prosecution, so I invite the house to support the amendment.

Amendment carried; clause as amended passed.

Clauses 63 to 79 passed.

Schedule 1.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I move:

Page 27—Delete 'Section 19(5)(c)' and substitute 'Section 19(5)(b)'

This is another minor amendment. Schedule 1 of the bill seeks to make a minor change to subsection 19(5) of the Road Traffic Act to modernise the language of the act by changing 'in pursuance of' to 'under'. It mistakenly refers to a subparagraph that does not exist.

The amendment is intended to be made to section 19(5)(b), not section 19(5)(c) as currently stated in the bill. If the above amendment is not made, the original measure will be ineffective. Parliamentary counsel advises that these errors need to be corrected on the floor and could not be done as typographical errors, so I beg the indulgence of the chamber.

Amendment carried; schedule as amended passed.

Title passed.

Bill reported with amendment.

Third Reading

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (12:56): I move:

That this bill be now read a third time.

Bill read a third time and passed.