Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01596:reg:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01596
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4
Character Range: 2625–4816

4          Simplified outline of this instrument

      The Australian National University Act 1991 authorises the Council of the University to make statutes for or in relation to the regulation or control of traffic, or of the parking, stopping, standing or leaving of vehicles, on land occupied by the University in the ACT. The statute may provide for the punishment, upon summary conviction, by a fine, of offences against the statute.
      This statute is made under that authority.
      The statute regulates and controls traffic, and the parking (including the stopping, standing or leaving) of vehicles, on University land by applying ACT parking and traffic laws. There are, however, 2 main exceptions to the application of ACT law by the statute.
      First, the statute applies most, but not all, relevant ACT parking and traffic laws to University land. The applied laws are identified in section 8 and include the specific ACT laws mentioned in Schedule 1.
      As a result, most, but not all, matters relating to parking and traffic on University land are provided for under the statute by applying ACT parking and traffic laws. Some matters are, however, dealt with by provisions of the statute itself rather than applied ACT law. For example, Part 3 deals with parking permits and Part 4 deals with fees. This is consistent with the approach that, subject to any arrangements made with the ACT under Part 5, the applied parking and traffic laws are to be administered in relation to University land by the University instead of the ACT.
      Second, the statute applies ACT parking and traffic laws with certain modifications (see section 9). Schedule 2 provides modifications that apply generally to applied laws. For example, a reference in the applied laws to the road transport authority is generally a reference to the Vice-Chancellor as the designated authority under the statute (see Schedule 2, section 11). Schedule 3 provides modifications that apply to particular applied ACT parking and traffic laws. For example, section 1 of that Schedule sets out a number of specific modifications to the applied provisions of the ACT Road Transport (General) Act 1999.