Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Duties Act 2001, the Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012, the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014, the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009, the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2010 and the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018.

2 Commencement (1) Sections 16, 32, 33, 34 and 43 commence immediately after the commencement of the Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016, section 10. (2) Parts 2, 3 and 8 and sections 12 to 15, 17, 18, 24 to 31 and 35 to 41 commence on 1 July 2018. (3) Sections 19 to 23, 42, 45(1) and 47 commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2 Amendment of Duties Act 2001

3 Act amended This part amends the Duties Act 2001.

4 Amendment of s 387 (Exemption—registration of heavy vehicle) (1) Section 387, 'for registration of'— omit, insert— to register (2) Section 387— insert— (2) Also, vehicle registration duty is not imposed on an application to register a heavy vehicle if— (a) the application is made during the period starting on 1 July 2018 and ending on 30 June 2019; and (b) immediately before the application is made, the vehicle is registered under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 (Cwlth); and (c) the application is the first application to register the vehicle in a State; and (d) the application is made by the same person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 (Cwlth). (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the application is part of an arrangement the sole or dominant purpose of which is to avoid the imposition of vehicle registration duty on the application. (4) In this section— heavy vehicle means a heavy vehicle under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland).