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Explanatory Memorandum
The purpose of this Bill is to provide a fixed penalty for obstruction, parking and other similar traffic contraventions and to enable the recovery of the fixed penalty on notice or, in cases of non-payment, summarily as a civil debt. The corresponding provisions of the Road Traffic regulations which provide for criminal sanctions for such contraventions are being replaced in so far as they relate to motor vehicles by this Bill.
Clause 3. The Bill applies to motor vehicles owned by the Crown but the person liable for the fixed penalty for a contraven- tion in respect of any such vehicle is the driver in charge of the vehicle at the time the contravention is committed. Clauses 14, 15 and 17 provide for the recovery of the fixed penalty in such
cases.
Clauses 4 to 11 contain various provisions for the proper control of motor vehicles on roads and the fixed penalty applies to any contravention of these provisions
Clause 4 prohibits obstructions on roads by motor vehicles.. Clause 5 prohibits stopping of motor vehicles at crossings. Clause 6 prohibits stopping of motor vehicles at uncontrolled crossings.
Clause 7 prohibits parking or waiting of motor vehicles at unauthorized places.
Clause 8 prohibits parking or waiting of motor vehicles in parking places otherwise than in accordance with any sign or signal erected at such parking places.
Clause 9 prohibits parking or waiting of motor vehicles on a road, where parking or waiting signs are erected, otherwise than in compliance with such signs.
Clause 10 provides that when a motor vehicle is parked or waits in a parking place at which there is a parking meter an appropriate coin has to be inserted in the parking meter.
Clause 11 prohibits the parking or waiting of a motor vehicle in a parking place at which there is a parking meter unless the parking meter indicates that payment has been made for the use of the parking place.
Clause 12. This clause contains exceptions to the provisions of clauses 7, 9, 10 and 11.
Clause 13. The fixed penalty for a contravention of any of the provisions of clauses 4 to 11 is thirty dollars. The Legisla- tive Council may, by resolution, fix a larger amount.
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