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Land Transport Act 1998

1: Short Title and commencement

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This law is called the Land Transport Act 1998. You need to know when different parts of it start working.

Some parts of the law will start on a day chosen by the Governor-General. These parts include rules about driving licenses, road safety, and other transport matters. The Governor-General can pick different days for different parts to start.

Some old laws will be cancelled, but not all at once. The Governor-General will choose when each part is cancelled.

Most of the law started working on 1 March 1999.

If the Governor-General makes a decision about when parts of this law start or when old laws are cancelled, that decision is also a type of law. You can find information about how these decisions are shared with everyone in another law called the Legislation Act 2019.

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2: Interpretation, or

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1Short Title and commencement

  1. This Act may be cited as the Land Transport Act 1998.

  2. Sections 5(4), 23, 24, 25, 28, 31(1)(c), 95, 96(1), (2), (3), and (5), and 199 come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and different dates may be appointed by 1 or more Orders in Council for different provisions.

  3. The repeals specified in clauses 1 to 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 2 come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and different dates may be appointed by 1 or more Orders in Council for different provisions in that schedule.

  4. Repealed

  5. The rest of this Act comes into force on 1 March 1999.

  6. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes
  • Section 1(2): sections 5(4), 23, 24, 25, 28, 31(1)(c), 95, 96(1), (2), (3), and (5), and 199 brought into force, on , by clause 2 of the Land Transport (Commencement of Provisions) Order 1999 (SR 1999/96).
  • Section 1(3): Schedule 2 Part 4 clause 9 brought into force, on , by clause 2 of the Land Transport (Commencement of Repeals) Order 1999 (SR 1999/28).
  • Section 1(3): Schedule 2 Part 4 clauses 3, 5, and 13 brought into force, on , by clause 2 of the Land Transport (Commencement of Repeals) Order (No 2) 1999 (SR 1999/97).
  • Section 1(3): Schedule 2 Part 4 clause 1 brought into force, on , by clause 2 of the Land Transport (Commencement of Repeals) Order 2004 (SR 2004/452).
  • Section 1(4): repealed, on , by section 4 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).
  • Section 1(6): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).