Definitions
2 Definitions
In this Part—
cognate Act means any of the following—
the Road Transport Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013,
the Road Transport (Statutory Rules) Act 2013.
continued statutory rule—see clause 8.
former registration charges legislation means any of the following—
Part 2A of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997,
the regulations made for the purposes of that Part.
former road transport Act means each of the following Acts—
the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998,
the Road Transport (General) Act 2005,
the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999,
the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997.
Note.
See section 4(4) concerning the construction of references to the Road Transport (General) Act 2005.
former road transport legislation means the road transport legislation (within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005).
modification includes addition, exception, omission or substitution.
new road transport legislation means the road transport legislation (within the meaning of this Act), including any statutory rules that are taken to have been made under this Act.
pre-amended related provision means a provision of an Act or statutory rule that is amended by a cognate Act as in force immediately before the provision was amended.
repeal day means the day on which Schedule 1 (Repeal of certain existing road transport legislation) to the Road Transport Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 commences.
For the purposes of this Part—
a provision of the new road transport legislation is a corresponding provision in relation to a provision of the former road transport legislation if the provision of the new road transport legislation corresponds (or substantially corresponds) to the provision of the former road transport legislation, and
a function conferred or imposed by the new road transport legislation is a corresponding function in relation to a function conferred or imposed by the former road transport legislation if the function conferred or imposed by the new road transport legislation corresponds (or substantially corresponds) to the function conferred or imposed by the former road transport legislation.
For the purposes of this Part, a reference to the unexpired balance of its period of duration in relation to a period for a matter or other thing under the former road transport legislation that commenced before the repeal day is a reference to the unexpired or uncompleted part of the original period calculated from the beginning of the repeal day.
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