Road Transport (General) Act 1999
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26 November 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 26 November 2025. The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. Kinds of republications The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au): • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies • unauthorised republications. The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page. Editorial changes The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice. This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1). Uncommenced provisions and amendments If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register. Modifications If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95. Penalties At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
contents 1 Page 1 Name of Act 2 3 Objects of Act 2 4 Dictionary 3 5 Notes 3 5A Offences against this Act—application of Criminal Code etc 4 Division 2.1 Road transport legislation 6 What is the road transport legislation? 5 8 Application of definitions in other road transport legislation 5 Division 2.2 Relationship between road transport legislation and other laws 9 General relationship with other laws 6
Page contents 2 Road Transport (General) Act 1999 Division 2.3 Responsible persons for vehicles under road transport 10 Who is a responsible person for a vehicle? 6 11 Rights, liabilities and obligations of multiple responsible persons 7 Division 2.4 Alteration of scope of operation of road transport 12 Power to include or exclude areas in road transport legislation 7 13 Power to exclude vehicles, persons or animals from road transport legislation 8 14 Application orders and emergency orders 8 16 Road transport authority 9 17 Delegation of road transport authority’s functions 9 18 Delegation of chief police officer’s functions 10 19 Authorised people 10 20 Identity cards 11 21 Power not to be exercised before identity card shown 12 21A Definitions—pt 3 13 22 Purpose and effect of pt 3 16 23 Regulations about infringement notice offences 17 24 Infringement notices 18 25 Infringement notices—contents 19 26 Infringement notice—payment of penalty etc 19 27 Reminder notice—service and contents 21 28 Action on service of reminder notice—payment of penalty etc 22 29 Extension of time to do things 23 30 Extension of time—guidelines 24 31 Time for beginning prosecution for infringement notice offence 25 31A Application for infringement notice management plan or addition to plan 25