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EastLink Project Act 2004
195Fixing of tolls and toll administration fees
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195 Fixing of tolls and toll administration fees
(1) The Freeway Corporation in accordance with this Act and the Agreement by notice published in the Government Gazette—
S. 195(1)(a) amended by No. 95/2005 s. 4(4)(b).
(a) may specify toll zones on EastLink; and
(b) may fix tolls that are payable in respect of the use of vehicles in toll zones; and
(c) may fix toll administration fees that are payable to the Freeway Corporation and specify the circumstances in which they are payable.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) may specify different tolls in respect of different cases or classes of case including different zones or groups of zones, different classes of vehicle and the use of different vehicles at different times, or any combination of these.
S. 195(2A) inserted by No. 14/2005 s. 19, amended by No. 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 15.11).
(2A) In addition to any other fees fixed under subsection (1)(c), a notice under subsection (1) may, without specifying an amount, permit the Freeway Corporation to recover, as toll administration fees in respect of a vehicle, any fees from time to time charged by the Transport Secretary to the Freeway Corporation under the **Road Safety Act 1986** for the provision of information about the ownership of the vehicle.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) takes effect on the day that it is published in the Government Gazette or, if a later day is specified in the notice, on that day.
S. 195(4) amended by No. 95/2005 s. 4(4)(b).
(4) A day fixed under subsection (3) in relation to EastLink or part of EastLink must be on or after the day fixed under section 196 for the commencement of tolling on EastLink or that part of EastLink.
(5) In any proceedings under this Part, the production of a Government Gazette purporting to contain a notice under subsection (1) is evidence of the valid publication of the notice and of the fixing of the toll or toll administration fee in accordance with this Act and the Agreement.