1 Short Title and commencement

• (1) This Act may be cited as the Road User Charges Amendment Act 1979, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Road User Charges Act 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

  (2) Section 9 of this Act shall come into force on a date to be fixed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.

  (3) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, this Act shall come into force on the day on which it receives the Governor-General's assent.

2 Confirmation of increases in road user charges

• As required by section 20 of the principal Act, the Road User Charges (Rates) Order 1979 is hereby confirmed.

3 Confirmation of change in allocation of motor spirits duty

• As required by section 188A of the Transport Act 1962 (as inserted by section 28 of the principal Act), the Transport (Allocation of Motor Spirits Duty) Order 1979 is hereby confirmed.

4 Motor vehicles exempted from principal Act

• (1) 

  (2) [Repealed]

  Subsection (2) was repealed, as from 1 April 1982, by section 2(3) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1981 (1981 No 29).

5 Road user charge rates

• (1) [Repealed]

  (2) [Repealed]

  (3) This subsection amended sections 14(2) and 15(2) of the principal Act

  (4) Section 21 of the principal Act shall not apply in respect of the substitution, by subsection (1) of this section, of a new Schedule 3 to the principal Act.

  (5) The Road User Charges (Rates) Order 1979 is hereby revoked.

  Subsection (1) was repealed, as from 22 December 1980, by section 4(3) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1980 (1980 No 71).

  Subsection (2) was repealed, as from 28 October 1995, by section 4(2) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 77).

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12 Offences

• (1) 

  (2) [Repealed]

  (3) 

  Subsection (2) was repealed, as from 28 October 1986, by section 14(5) Road User Charges Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 77).

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• [Repealed]

  Section 13 was repealed, as from 1 June 1984, by section 20(2) Transport Amendment Act (No 2) 1983 (1983 No 33).