2Purpose

2 Purpose

(1) This Act forms part of a scheme to create uniform or consistent national road transport legislation, as envisaged by the agreements scheduled to the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991. (2) The scheme is designed to: (a) improve the safety and efficiency of transport on roads and on other areas that are open to or used by the public; and (b) reduce the costs of the administration of that transport. (3) The purpose of this Act is to empower the making of laws for the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis Bay Territory that are intended to be adopted, along with Division 2 of Part 3 of this Act, by the States and the Northern Territory in accordance with the agreements scheduled to the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991.