Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme Validation Act 2013 (Tas)

Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme Validation Act 2013

An Act to validate certain administrative actions taken for the purposes of the Traffic Act 1925, to amend the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Act 2013 and for related purposes [Royal Assent 19 November 2013]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme Validation Act 2013 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

PART 2 - Validation of Administrative Actions Relating to Alternative Compliance Scheme

3. Interpretation of Part In this Part – alternative compliance accreditation means accreditation as a member of an approved alternative compliance scheme under Part VII; certificate of accreditation means – (a) a document with that title, issued by the responsible department to a person whose application for alternative compliance accreditation was approved under Part VII; or (b) a document with that title, issued by the responsible department as a replacement for a document referred to in paragraph (a) – (i) on the renewal of, or variation of, alternative compliance accreditation, under Part VII; or (ii) on the imposition under section 70 of Part VII of conditions on the alternative compliance accreditation; Commission means the Transport Commission incorporated under the Transport Act 1981 ; Part VII means Part VII of the Traffic Act 1925 , as in force during the validation period; responsible department means the responsible Department in relation to the Traffic Act 1925 ; specified date, in relation to a certificate of accreditation, means the date which is specified in the certificate of accreditation as the date up to and including which the certificate of accreditation is valid; validation period means the period commencing on 26 June 2000 and ending on the commencement of section 4 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Act 2013 .