Transport Act 1962

  • repealed
  • See Versions and amendments
  • Transport Act 1962: repealed, on 10 May 2011, by section 98 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
199C Schedules referring to offences may be amended by Order in Council

  • (1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, amend Schedule 2 and Schedule 2A—

    • (a) by omitting any reference to a regulation, bylaw, or rule that has been revoked, and, if appropriate, substituting a reference to a corresponding new regulation, bylaw, or rule:

    • (b) by amending any reference to a regulation, bylaw, or rule for the purpose of updating that reference:

    • (c) subject to subsection (2), by adding any new item that relates to a regulation, bylaw, or rule.

    (2) The amount of the infringement fee in respect of an offence that is added to Schedule 2 under subsection (1) may not exceed 50% of the maximum fine to which a person is liable if convicted of the offence.

    (2A) An Order in Council under subsection (1) may substitute or add a reference to a rule even though a breach of that rule is, by virtue of any regulation, an offence against an Act (rather than an offence against the rule itself).

    (3) Any order made under subsection (1) may—

    • (a) omit any Part of the relevant Schedule that relates only to regulations, bylaws, or rules (or any combination of those) and substitute a new Part or Parts; or

    • (b) omit the whole of the relevant Schedule and substitute a new Schedule—

    provided that any substantive differences between the new and former Parts or Schedules relate only to regulations, bylaws, or rules (or any combination of those) and are authorised by subsections (1) and (2).

    Section 199C was inserted, as from 30 April 1997, by section 13 Transport Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 3).

    Subsection (1)(a) to (c) were substituted, as from 15 November 2000, by section 4(1) Transport Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 85).

    Subsection (2A) was inserted, as from 15 November 2000, by section 4(2) Transport Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 85).

    Subsection (3) was amended, as from 15 November 2000, by section 4(3) Transport Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 85) by substituting the words “regulations, bylaws, or rules (or any combination of those)” for the words “regulations or bylaws (or both)”.