Vehicle and Traffic Amendment Act 2008


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Vehicle and Traffic Amendment Act 2008

An Act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999

[Royal Assent 26 June 2008]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment Act 2008 .

2.   Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Principal Act

In this Act, the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.    Section 67 amended (Evidentiary certificates)

Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2B) the following subsection:
(2C)  A certificate signed by the Commission certifying that a speed-limit sign, within the meaning of the Road Rules, was displaying a specified speed limit at a specified time and place is admissible in legal proceedings as evidence of those matters so certified and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, as proof of those matters.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 29 MAY 2008

Legislative Council on 12 JUNE 2008]