Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00708:clause:2_3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00708
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 3
Character Range: 18115–19679

3  Objects of Act
 (1) The general objects of this Act are:
 (a) to improve road transport safety; and
 (b) to minimise adverse impacts of road transport on roads, bridges and road infrastructure; and
 (c) to minimise adverse impacts of road transport on the environment; and
 (d) to minimise adverse impacts of road transport on the community; and
 (e) to promote effective and efficient observance of requirements of road transport law.
 (2) The particular objects of this Act are:
 (a) to provide a system that encourages effective and efficient compliance with requirements of road transport law; and
 (b) to provide a system that:
 (i) promotes improved outcomes for road safety, the environment, road infrastructure and traffic management; and
 (ii) reduces unfair competitive advantage;
  through improved compliance with and accountability for requirements of road transport law; and
 (c) to provide an effective, efficient and equitable scheme for the enforcement of requirements of road transport law; and
 (d) to recognise a chain of responsibility of parties who have a role in the transport of goods or passengers by road and to make the parties accountable for their acts and omissions; and
 (e) to confer powers to promote safety in the use of vehicles in road transport.
 (3) It is the intention of Parliament that the objects of this Act will be achieved in the context of nationally consistent road transport laws, and in particular in the context of nationally consistent compliance and enforcement laws, having regard to regional differences.