Section 744 - Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW) - Responsible Ministers

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744 Responsible Ministers

(1) This section applies if a jurisdiction—

(a) is not a participating jurisdiction; but

(b) has signed the Inter-governmental Agreement on Heavy Vehicle Regulatory Reform, as in force from time to time, between the Commonwealth of Australia and the States and Territories of Australia.

(2) The jurisdiction may nominate a Minister to be the responsible Minister for the jurisdiction for the purposes of this Law until the prescribed day for the jurisdiction.

(3) Until the prescribed day for the jurisdiction, the relevant provisions of this Law apply as if—

(a) the jurisdiction were a participating jurisdiction; and

(b) the Minister nominated under subsection (2) were the responsible Minister for the jurisdiction for the purposes of this Law.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section does not prevent the Minister nominated under subsection (2) being nominated as the responsible Minister for the jurisdiction after the participation day for the jurisdiction.

(5) In this section—

participation day, for a participating jurisdiction, means the day the jurisdiction became a participating jurisdiction.

prescribed day, for a jurisdiction, means the earlier of the following—

(a) the participation day for the jurisdiction;

(b) 30 June 2014.

relevant provisions means the provisions of this Law relating to the functions of responsible Ministers under this Law other than section 652.