Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012 S.R. No. 37/2012 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Commencement 1 4 Principal Regulations 1 5 Annual registration fees from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 2 6 Capping of previous method of determining fees 2 7 New Part 4 of Schedule 4 inserted 2 PART 4—FEES FROM 1 JULY 2012 2 10A Annual registration fees from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 2 10B Annual registration fees after 30 June 2013 5 PART 5—GENERAL 5 8 Clarification of meaning of previous annual registration fee 6 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 7 -- 1 of 8 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2012 S.R. No. 37/2012 Road Safety Act 1986 Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 29 May 2012 Responsible Minister: TERRY MULDER Minister for Roads MATTHEW McBEATH Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009 to prescribe annual heavy vehicle registration fees from 1 July 2012. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986. 3 Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2012. 4 Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009 1 are called the Principal Regulations. -- 2 of 8 -- S.R. No. 37/2012 Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 2 5 Annual registration fees from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 In clause 9 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations, for "Act" substitute "Schedule". 6 Capping of previous method of determining fees (1) In the heading to Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations, for "2011" substitute "2012". (2) In the heading to clause 10 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations, for "after 30 June 2011" substitute "from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012". (3) In clause 10 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations, for "any financial year after 30 June 2011" substitute "the 2011-2012 financial year". 7 New Part 4 of Schedule 4 inserted After clause 10 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations insert— "PART 4—FEES FROM 1 JULY 2012 10A Annual registration fees from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 The annual registration fee for a vehicle to which this Schedule applies for the 2012-2103 financial year is the amount calculated for the vehicle in accordance with the relevant Tables to this clause. r. 5 -- 3 of 8 -- S.R. No. 37/2012 Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 3 Table 5—Load carrying vehicles Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Item No. Vehicle Type 2 axles 3 axles 4 axles 5 or more axles Fee per vehicle Fee per vehicle Fee per vehicle Fee per vehicle Trucks 1 Truck (type 1) $542 $859 $759 $759 2 Truck (type 2) $859 $1021 $1021 $1021 3 Short combination truck $859 $1021 $1854 $1854 4 Medium combination truck $6783 $6783 $7326 $7326 5 Long combination truck $9361 $9361 $9361 $9361 Prime Movers 6 Short combination prime mover $1164 $4744 $5030 $5030 7 Multi- combination prime mover $9457 $9457 $10 402 $10 402 r. 7 -- 4 of 8 -- S.R. No. 37/2012 Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 4 Table 6—Trailers Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Item No. Trailer type Single axle Tandem axle group Tri-axle group Quad-axle group and above Fee per axle Fee per axle Fee per axle Fee per axle Trailer type 1 Pig Trailer $550 $550 $550 $550 2 Dog Trailer $550 $550 $550 $550 3 Semi Trailer $550 $550 $550 $550 4 B-double lead trailer and B-triple lead and middle trailers $550 $1050 $1100 $1100 5 Converter dolly or low loader dolly $550 $550 $550 $550 Table 7—Buses Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Item No. Bus type 2 axles 3 axles 4 or more axles Fee per vehicle Fee per vehicle Fee per vehicle 1 Bus (type 1) $488 – – 2 Bus (type 2) $488 $ 2429 $ 2429 3 Articulated bus – $488 $488 r. 7 -- 5 of 8 -- S.R. No. 37/2012 Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 5 Table 8—Special purpose vehicles Column 1 Column 2 Item No. Vehicle type Fee per vehicle 1 Special purpose vehicle (type P) Nil 2 Special purpose vehicle (type T) $292 3 Special purpose vehicle (type O) The fee is calculated using the formula: $365 + ($365 × Number of axles over 2). 10B Annual registration fees after 30 June 2013 The annual registration fee for a vehicle to which this Schedule applies for any financial year after 30 June 2013 (the relevant financial year) is to be calculated as follows— (a) The annual registration fee that was payable for the vehicle for the financial year immediately preceding the relevant financial year (the previous annual registration fee) is to be multiplied by the Annual Adjustment Factor percentage determined for the relevant financial year; (b) The result is to be added to or, if the percentage was negative, subtracted from the previous annual registration fee; (c) The result is to be rounded up or down to the nearest whole dollar amount (rounding an amount of 50 cents upwards). PART 5—GENERAL". r. 7 -- 6 of 8 -- S.R. No. 37/2012 Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 6 8 Clarification of meaning of previous annual registration fee In clause 11 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations, for "and 10" substitute ", 10 and 10B". ═══════════════ r. 8 -- 7 of 8 -- S.R. No. 37/2012 Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Heavy Vehicle Fees) Regulations 2012 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 7 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 118/2009 as amended by S.R. Nos 26/2010, 33/2010, 35/2010, 80/2010, 116/2010, 136/2010, 51/2011, 10/2012 and 25/2012. Endnotes -- 8 of 8 --