31ANationally uniform road traffic laws

31A Nationally uniform road traffic laws

[Section 31A Inserted by No. 71 of 1999, s. 6, Applied:24 Nov 1999]

(1)  [Section 31A Subsection (1) amended by No. 40 of 2009, s. 5, Applied:30 Nov 2009] The Governor may, to further any scheme or agreement aimed at promoting or creating uniform or consistent national road transport legislation, make rules prescribing –

(a) [Section 31A Subsection (1) amended by No. 40 of 2009, s. 5, Applied:30 Nov 2009] road traffic laws that are uniform or essentially uniform, in content and style, with the road traffic legislation of other Australian jurisdictions; and

(b) [Section 31A Subsection (1) amended by No. 40 of 2009, s. 5, Applied:30 Nov 2009] all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for explaining, administering, enforcing or otherwise giving effect to or complementing those road traffic laws.

(2)  [Section 31A Subsection (2) amended by No. 40 of 2009, s. 5, Applied:30 Nov 2009] Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , the rules may apply to or provide for any matter that regulations under Part 2 of the Road Transport Reform (Vehicles and Traffic) Act 1993 of the Commonwealth may apply to or provide for.

(3)  [Section 31A Subsection (3) amended by No. 40 of 2009, s. 5, Applied:30 Nov 2009] The rules may, for the purpose of consolidating the State's road traffic laws, include rules prescribing road traffic laws that are peculiar to the State.

(4)  [Section 31A Subsection (4) substituted by No. 40 of 2009, s. 5, Applied:30 Nov 2009] The rules may provide that any guide, diagram, example, note or other explanatory or illustrative item set out in those rules is, or is not, a part of the rules.