His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Justices Act 1902.

MICHAEL KNIGHT, MP

Explanatory note

This Regulation repeals the Justices (Short Descriptions of Motor Traffic and Other Offences) Regulation 1986 as a consequence of its having been superseded by regulations under the Roads Act 1993 and the Traffic Act 1909.

This Regulation is made under the Justices Act 1902, including sections 145B and 154 (the general regulation-making power).

This Regulation is made in connection with the staged repeal of subordinate legislation under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.

1   Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Justices (Motor Traffic and Other Offences) (Repeal, Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1999.

2   Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 September 1999.

3   Repeal

The Justices (Short Descriptions of Motor Traffic and Other Offences) Regulation 1986 is repealed.

4   Transitional

(1)  This clause applies to any document (being an information, complaint, summons, warrant, notice, order or other document that relates to an offence alleged to have been committed before the repeal of the Justices (Short Descriptions of Motor Traffic and Other Offences) Regulation 1986), and so applies whether the document was issued, given or made before or after that repeal.

(2)  The repeal of the Justices (Short Descriptions of Motor Traffic and Other Offences) Regulation 1986 does not affect the validity of any document to which this clause applies in which an expression that was prescribed by that Regulation, as in force immediately before its repeal, is used.

5   Notes

The explanatory note and table of contents do not form part of this Regulation.

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Table of amending instruments

Justices (Motor Traffic and Other Offences) (Repeal, Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1999 published in Gazette No 101 of 1.9.1999, p 8025.