Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public Works, and officials at his Department, are examining amendments which have been proposed to the regulations of the National Road Traffic Act (1996), which were gazetted last week.
"There are a number of matters that are addressed in the amendments that have been areas of particular concern, and that we are looking at very closely," said Minister Carlisle.
The four areas that stand out most prominently are:
The Department will be supplying its formal comments and recommendations in the coming weeks, ahead of the 6 July 2012 deadline. Members of the public are encouraged to comment on the proposed amendments which were published in Government Gazette 35413.
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