Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) (NO. 78 OF 1999) - SECT 27

(1)     The regulations—

        (a)     may apply, adopt or incorporate, entirely or in part and with or without changes, publications of the National Road Transport Commission approved, or of matters approved, by the Australian Transport Council or any other publication (including an Act or regulation of another jurisdiction), as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time; and

        (b)     may apply to any provision of the regulations, entirely or in part and with or without changes, the provisions of the Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cwlth).

(2)     For the regulations, the regulations may define a word or expression (or apply, adopt, or incorporate a definition of a word or expression in a publication mentioned in paragraph (1) (a)) defined by this Act—

        (a)     in the same (or in substantially the same) way as it is defined by this Act; or

        (b)     by reference to a matter included in the word or expression as defined by this Act; or

        (c)     by reference to a combination of matters included in the word or expression as defined by this Act and in any other word or expression defined by this Act (but not in a way that exceeds the power to make regulations about those matters); or

        (d)     for applying, adopting or incorporating a publication of the National Road Transport Commission approved, or of matters approved, by the Australian Transport Council—in the same way as it is defined in the publication despite anything in this Act or other road transport legislation.

(3)     If a regulation applies, adopts or incorporates a publication (or provision of a publication) of the National Road Transport Commission approved, or of matters approved, by the Australian Transport Council, evidence of the publication or provision may be given in a proceeding—

        (a)     by the production of a document purporting to be a copy of it and purporting to be published by or on behalf of the National Road Transport Commission; or

        (b)     by the production of a document purporting to be a copy of it and purporting to be printed by the government printer or by the authority of the Government of any jurisdiction.

(4)     In this section, a reference to a publication of the National Road Transport Commission includes a reference to a document published on behalf of the National Road Transport Commission.