Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MOTOR TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 (NO. 47 OF 1993) - SECT 21

21. Section 180E of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting from subsection (1) all the words after “that section,” and substituting “the chief police officer may, before the end of the period of 60 days after the lodgment of the notice, lay an information in the Magistrates Court in respect of the alleged traffic infringement”;

    (b)     by adding at the end of paragraph (2) (c) “and”;

    (c)     by omitting paragraph (2) (d);

    (d)     by omitting from paragraph (2) (e) “Commissioner of Police” and substituting “chief police officer”;

    (e)     by omitting from subsection (3) “Commissioner of Police” and substituting “chief police officer”; and

        (f)     by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:

“(4) If the chief police officer does not lay an information within the period referred to in subsection (1), he or she shall—

        (a)     notify the person referred to in that subsection that no further action will be taken in relation to that person in respect of the alleged traffic infringement; and

        (b)     take no further action in respect of it.”.