Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the following bill be introduced:

A Bill for an Act to amend the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018, and for related purposes.

Question agreed to.

I present the bill and move:

That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

by leave—I move:

That the provisions of paragraphs (5) to (8) of standing order 111 not apply to the bill, allowing it to be considered during this period of sittings.

I table a statement of reasons justifying the need for this bill to be considered during these sittings and seek leave to have the statement incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The statement read as follows—

STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR INTRODUCTION AND PA SSAGE IN THE 2022 AUTUMN SITTINGS

ROAD VEHICLE STANDARDS (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) AMENDMENT BILL

Purpose of the Bill

The bill amends the Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018 to extend the end of the transitional period to 30 June 2023.

Reasons for Urgency

The transitional period provided by the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018 will end on 30 June 2022.

Extension of the end of the transitional period is required to provide the road vehicle industry, which has been heavily impacted by COVID and global supply chain issues, with more time to transition to the new legislative arrangements provided by the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.

It is time critical that the amending legislation be introduced and passed by Parliament in the 2022 Autumn sittings to provide certainty to industry stakeholders and in-service vehicle regulators ahead of the currently scheduled end to the transitional period.

(Circulated by authority of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development)

Question agreed to.