Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Attorney-General, the Honourable Robert McClelland MPSchedule 3-Repeal of obsolete Acts
140 The items in this Schedule repeal obsolete Acts.
Item 1
141 Item 1 repeals the Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997 . That Act was enacted by the Commonwealth on behalf of the Australian Capital Territory (the ACT ). The Act was designed to help deliver nationally consistent provisions about the registration of heavy vehicles by enabling all other jurisdictions to adopt or reference the national legislation within their respective legislative arrangements. The Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal Transport specifies that agreed national reforms in the form of model legislation will be implemented in all jurisdictions within their own legislative framework. The Inter-Governmental Agreement also provides that the Commonwealth, in agreement with the ACT and other relevant parties, will, as soon as is practicable, repeal any road transport legislation that has been enacted by the Commonwealth on behalf of the ACT. The Act does not have any legal force in its own right and the ACT has since introduced its own legislation for heavy vehicle registration, so the Act is obsolete.
Item 2
142 Item 2 repeals the Road Transport Reform (Vehicles and Traffic) Act 1993 . That Act was enacted by the Commonwealth on behalf of the Australian Capital Territory (the ACT ). The Act was designed to help deliver nationally consistent road transport laws by enabling all other jurisdictions to adopt or reference the national legislation within their respective legislative arrangements. The Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal Transport specifies that agreed national reforms in the form of model legislation will be implemented in all jurisdictions within their own legislative framework. The Inter-Governmental Agreement also provides that the Commonwealth, in agreement with the ACT and other relevant parties, will, as soon as is practicable, repeal any road transport legislation that has been enacted by the Commonwealth on behalf of the ACT. The Act does not have any legal force in its own right, so the Act is obsolete.
Item 3
143 Item 3 repeals the States and Northern Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1979 . That Act provides for financial assistance to be payable to a State or the Northern Territory in accordance with the agreement set out in the Schedule to the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1976 as amended by the agreement set out in the Schedule to the States and Northern Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1979 . Financial assistance is no longer being paid under the Act, and all amounts payable to the Commonwealth under the Act have been paid, so the Act is obsolete.
Item 4
144 Item 4 repeals the States and Northern Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1985 . That Act provides for financial assistance to be payable to a State or the Northern Territory in accordance with the agreements set out in the Schedules to the Act. Financial assistance is no longer being paid under the Act, and all amounts payable to the Commonwealth under the Act have been paid, so the Act is obsolete.
Item 5
145 Item 5 repeals the States Grants (Beef Industry) Act 1975 , which provides for financial assistance to be payable to a State in relation to beef producers. The Act was intended to provide financial assistance for only a 2 year period. Financial assistance is no longer paid under the Act, and the Act is obsolete.
Item 6
146 Item 6 repeals the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1976 , which provides for financial assistance to be payable to a State in accordance with the agreement set out in the Schedule to the Act. Financial assistance is no longer being paid under the Act, and all amounts payable to the Commonwealth under the Act have been paid, so the Act is obsolete.
Item 7
147 Item 7 repeals the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 , which provides for financial assistance to be payable to a State in accordance with the agreements set out in the Schedule to the Act. Financial assistance is no longer being paid under the Act, and all amounts payable to the Commonwealth under the Act have been paid, so the Act is obsolete.
Item 8
148 Item 8 repeals the Williamstown Dockyard Employees Act 1987 . The Government sold the Williamstown Dockyard in 1988. The Act deals with transitional arrangements for certain employees of the Williamstown Dockyard at the time of the sale. Due to the passage of time, the provisions of the Act have no further operation. Therefore, the Act is obsolete.