1Australian National University Act 1973

Australian National University Act 1973

No. 96 of 1973

AN ACT

Relating to the Regulation by the Australian National University of Traffic and the Parking of Vehicles.

[Assented to 6 September 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Australian National University Act 1973.

(2) The Australian National University Act 1946–1971 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Australian National University Act 1946–1973.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Statutes: general.

3. Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(3) Notwithstanding sub-section (2), by-laws, rules or orders shall not be made—

(a) for regulating, or providing for the regulation of, a matter referred to in sub-section (2) of section 27a; or

(b) for carrying out or giving effect to a Statute dealing with such a matter, except to the extent that they are by-laws, rules or orders with respect to the discipline of the University and provide for the enforcement of such a Statute.”.

4. After section 27 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Statutes relating to traffic.

“27a. (1) In this section—

‘land occupied by the University’ means land occupied by the University in the Australian Capital Territory;

‘parking’, in relation to a vehicle, means causing or permitting the vehicle to remain stationary while not under the control of the driver, and ‘ parked’ has a corresponding meaning;

‘vehicle’ includes an object that was designed or adapted for use as a vehicle but is incapable of being so used by reason that—

(a) a part has, or parts have, been removed from it; or

(b) it is in a wrecked or damaged condition.

“(2) The Statutes may make provision—

(a) for or in relation to the regulation of traffic, or of the parking of vehicles, on land occupied by the University, including provision authorizing, and providing for the effect of, signs, traffic lights and markings;

(b) for or in relation to the regulation of access by vehicles to land occupied by the University;

(c) for the imposition and collection of charges for the parking or stopping of vehicles on land occupied by the University and for the erection, management and protection of parking meters for the purposes of those charges;