Statutes Amendment (South Eastern Freeway Offences) Bill

Final Stages

The House of Assembly agreed to the bill with the amendments indicated by the annexed schedule, to which amendments the House of Assembly desires the concurrence of the Legislative Council.

No 1 Clause 2, page 2, lines 6 and 7—Delete the clause

No 2 New Schedule, page 4, after line 20—Insert:

Schedule 1—Transitional provisions

1—Interpretation

In this Schedule—

South Eastern Freeway offence means—

(a) an offence against section 45C of the Road Traffic Act 1961; or

(b) an offence against section 79B of the Road Traffic Act 1961 constituted of being the owner of a vehicle that appears from evidence obtained through the operation of a photographic detection device to have been involved in the commission of an offence against section 45C(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961.

2—Transitional provision

The provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 and the Road Traffic Act 1961 as amended by this Act do not apply in respect of a South Eastern Freeway offence committed or allegedly committed before the commencement of this Act (and the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 and the Road Traffic Act 1961 as in force at the time of the offence or alleged offence will apply instead).

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