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LIGHT VEHICLE TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
Debate resumed from 12 May 1992, on motion by Ms Follett:
That the Assembly -
(1) Notes:
(a) that on 6 August 1991 the Assembly consented to the Commonwealth making a law, referred to as the Commonwealth Road Transport Legislation, for the Australian Capital Territory that is necessary to give effect to an Agreement ("the Heavy Vehicles Agreement") dated 30 July 1991 between the Commonwealth, the States and the Australian Capital Territory relating to the establishment of a co-operative scheme to improve road safety and transport efficiency and reduce the cost of administration of road transport.
(b) that the Heavy Vehicles Agreement related to vehicles having a manufacturer's rated gross vehicle mass of more than 4.5 tonnes;
(c) that as part of the co-operative scheme the Commonwealth Parliament enacted the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991 which amongst other things established the National Road Transport Commission ("the Commission") which is charged with preparing the Commonwealth Road Transport Legislation;
(d) that at the Heads of Government Meeting on 11 May 1992 the Chief Minister, on behalf of the Australian Capital Territory, agreed with leaders and other representatives to an extension of the role of the Commission to enable it to develop Commonwealth Light Vehicle Transport Legislation which will provide for the regulation of all road users other than those affected by the Commonwealth Road Transport Legislation; and
(e) that the extension is dependent on the conclusion of an agreement between the Commonwealth and the Australian Capital Territory under which the former, with the consent of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, will seek to amend the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991 of the Commonwealth to provide for the extension of the role of the Commission and make Commonwealth Light Vehicle Transport Legislation for the Australian Capital Territory which law will be a model on which the pertinent law of the States will be based.
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