Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill 2019 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012, the Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Act 2014, the National Environment Protection Council (Queensland) Act 1994, the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017 and the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 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 2019.

2 Commencement (1) Part 2 commences on the commencement of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (Cwlth), section 15. (2) Part 3 commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. (3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 15DA does not apply to part 2.

Part 1A Amendments commencing on assent

2A Act amended This part amends the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017.

2B Amendment of pt 6 , hdg (Repeal and transitional provisions) Part 6, heading, 'and transitional provisions'— omit, insert— , transitional and validation provisions

2C Amendment of pt 6 , div 2 , hdg (Transitional provisions) Part 6, division 2, heading, after 'provisions'— insert— for Act No. 4 of 2017

2D Insertion of new pt 6 , div 3 Part 6— insert—

Division 3 Validation provision

134 Validation provision for particular national regulations (1) This section applies to a national regulation made before the commencement of this section if a requirement under section 14 in relation to the national regulation has not been complied with. (2) It is declared that— (a) the national regulation did not cease to have effect, and is taken to have never ceased to have effect, and does not cease to have effect on or after the commencement of this section, because of the non-compliance; and (b) the national regulation is taken to be, and to always have been, as valid as it would have been if the requirement under section 14 had been complied with; and (c) anything done or purportedly done under the national regulation, before or after the commencement of this section, is as valid as it would have been or would be if the requirement under section 14 had been complied with.