WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1985
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BILL CLARIFIES GOODS VEHICLE LOAD LIMIT
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A BILL TO ENABLE THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT TO ASSIGN A PERMITTED GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT TO AN INDIVIDUAL GOODS VEHICLE WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1985, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON IAN MACPHERSON EXPLAINED THAT THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT THAT COULD BE CARRIED SAFELY COULD BE DIFFERENT FOR INDIVIDUAL VEHICLES WITHIN THE SAME CLASS OF HEAVY, MEDIUM OR LIGHT GOODS VEHICLE.
FOR THIS REASON, IT HAD BEEN THE PRACTICE FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO ASSIGN A PERMITTED GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT TO AN INDIVIDUAL VEHICLE AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SUCH FACTORS AS THE MANUFACTURERS DESIGN CAPACITY AND ANY LOCAL ADAPTATIONS MADE TO THE VEHICLE BODY.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT, THIS PROVISION HAD BEEN OMITTED FROM THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE INTRODUCED ON AUGUST 25 LAST YEAR, WHICH ONLY ALLOWED THE COMMISSIONER TO PRESCRIBE DIFFERENT GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHTS FOR VARIOUS CLASSES OF VEHICLE RATHER THAN FOR INDIVIDUAL VEHICLES.
+THE BILL OVERCOMES THIS PROBLEM BY AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF PERMITTED GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT SO THAT IT MEANS THE MAXIMUM GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT ASSIGNED OR DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS OPPOSED TO THE MAXIMUM GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT PRESCRIBED FOR A CLASS OF VEHICLE.
+IT ALSO VALIDATES INDIVIDUAL PERMITTED GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHTS ASSIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER SINCE AUGUST 25, 1984,+ MR MACPHERSON SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
AMENDMENTS TO BANK BILL WILL REMOVE DOUBTS
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THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. SIR ROGER LOBO, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) MOVED SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TÓ THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND BILL TO REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE DOUBTS+ THAT ITS PROVISIONS MAY HAVE UNINTENDED EXTRA-TERRITORIAL APPLICATION.
SPEAKING DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR ROGER SAID SUBSEQUENT TO INTRODUCTION OF THE BILL ON JUNE 26 IT HAD BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL MAY HAVE UNINTENDED EXTRA-TERRITORIAL APPLICATION.
+AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, HAVE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO REMOVE FROM THE BILL ANY POSSIBLE DOUBTS IN THIS AREA.
/+ACCORDINGLY,