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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 8 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 2633 ..

MR KAINE (Minister for Urban Services) (3.45): Mr Speaker, for the information of members and pursuant to section 6 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, I present instrument No. 194 of 1997, being the notification of the code of practice for parking heavy vehicles in residential areas made under the Motor Traffic Act 1936, which was gazetted in Gazette S255, dated 28 August 1997, together with the instrument of approval, the explanatory statement and the draft code of practice. I move:

That the Assembly takes note of the papers.

Mr Speaker, on 11 December 1996, the Assembly passed the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 3) 1997, dealing with the parking of heavy vehicles in residential areas. This legislation commenced on 1 January 1997. At that time, a draft code of practice covering the parking of heavy vehicles on residential leases was available to the Assembly and to the public. The code of practice that I am tabling today has no changes of significance from that earlier draft and is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.

My predecessor made a commitment that the new legislation and the code of practice would not be brought into effect until alternative parking facilities were available. Good progress has been made in the development of these facilities, with sites in Mitchell and Hume already available. The tender process for the use of the former Woden bus depot as an interim facility has also been completed, and a lease will be offered shortly to the successful tenderer.

In tabling this code of practice now, I hope to ensure that affected groups are fully advised prior to the implementation of the heavy vehicle parking legislation. Given the requirement for such instruments to be tabled for 15 sitting days, the completion of this period will coincide with the statutory requirement for registration of existing operators by 31 December 1997. This will provide adequate time for affected operators to put in place alternative arrangements for the parking of their vehicles and for my department to register requests for exemptions from the code. I expect that alternative parking facilities will be fully operational in the near future, and at that time I will formally commence the code of practice by notification in the Gazette.

Debate (on motion by Mr Berry) adjourned.

MR KAINE (Minister for Urban Services): For the information of members, I present the report on the Deane's Buslines trial of set-down and pick-up arrangements in the ACT. Mr Speaker, when the trial was undertaken, I undertook to provide this report to the Assembly. By tabling it now, I have satisfied that obligation.

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