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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 1995

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 1995

No. 51 of 1995
Certified on 22.04.96

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Interpretation (Amendment of Section 1).
2. Delegation (Amendment of Section 8).
3. Repeal and replacement of Part IVA.

"16A. CERTAIN FEES TO BE PAID TO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, ETC.,

AN ACT

entitled

Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 1995,

Being an Act to amend the Motor Traffic Act (Chapter 243),

MADE by the National Parliament.

1. INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1).

Section 1(1) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the definition of "trailer" the following new definition:-

"'the Trust' means the Motor Vehicles Insurance (P.N.G.) Trust established by the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act (Chapter 295);".

2. DELEGATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 8).

Section 8(2) of the Principal Act is repealed and is replaced with the following:-

"(2) The Superintendent may, by instrument under his hand, delegate to -

• (a) a provincial government; or
• (b) the Trust,

his powers and functions in relation to the -

• (c) application for; and
• (d) grant or renewal of; and
• (e) cancellation or suspension of,

a public motor vehicle licence.".

3. REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF PART IVA.

Part IVA of the Principal Act is repealed and is replaced with the following:-

16A. CERTAIN FEES TO BE PAID TO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, ETC.,
(1) Where the Superintendent has delegated to -

• (a) a provincial government; or
• (b) the Trust,

his powers and functions under Section 8(2), the power, authority, function, duty or responsibility to collect fees in respect of -

• (c) an application for a public motor vehicle licence; or
• (d) a public motor vehicle licence; or
• (e) a certificate of registration as a public hire car or a private hire car; or
• (f) a temporary licence; or
• (g) a certificate of registration as a motor omnibus,

under the Motor Traffic Regulation, is vested in the provincial government or the Trust, as the case may be.
"(2) Where any fees are collected under this section by a body referred to in Subsection (1)(a) or (b), the amounts so collected -

• (a) shall be deemed not to be public moneys of the State, but shall be revenue of the body that collects them; and
• (b) shall be paid into the general revenue of that body.".
  

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 1995 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act 1995 was made by the National Parliament on 20 September 1995.

Speaker of the National Parliament.