Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012 (Qld)

Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012

An Act providing for the adoption of a national law regulating the use of heavy vehicles

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012.

2 Commencement (1) This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. (2) However, if no day has been fixed by 1 July 2018, the Act commences on that day. (3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 15DA does not apply to this Act.

2A Special provision about commencement of Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) (1) The following provisions of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland), as at the commencement of section 12 of the HVNL Amendment Act, commence on the day that section commences— (a) Parts 1.1 to 1.3; (b) Chapter 12; (c) sections 705 and 707; (d) Parts 13.4 to 13.6; (e) Part 14.1; (f) section 755; (g) Schedule 1. (2) The remaining provisions of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland), as at the commencement of section 12 of the HVNL Amendment Act, commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation. (3) This section applies despite section 2(1) but does not limit the application of section 2(2) to the provisions of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland). (4) In this section— HVNL Amendment Act means the Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Act 2013. Note— Section 12 of the HVNL Amendment Act replaces the Schedule.

3 Definitions (1) For the purposes of this Act, the local application provisions of this Act are the provisions of this Act other than the Heavy Vehicle National Law set out in the Schedule. (2) In the local application provisions of this Act— Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) means the provisions applying in this jurisdiction because of section 4. National Law, for part 4A, see section 42B. the Law means the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland). TORUM means the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995. transport Act see TORUM, schedule 4. (3) Terms used in the local application provisions of this Act and also in the Heavy Vehicle National Law set out in the Schedule have the same meanings in those provisions as they have in that Law.