Table Of Contents

Contents (2021 - 26)

1. Short title

2. Commencement

3. Interpretation

4. Determination of suitability of person to hold driver licence, ancillary certificate or exemption

5. Learner approved motor cycles

Part 2 - Driver Licences

Division 1 - Classes of driver licences

6. Classes of driver licences

7. Authority conferred by licences

Division 2 - Learner, provisional and other inexperienced drivers

8. Novice licensing stages

9. Learner drivers

10. Learner licences

11. Duration of learner licence

12. Requirements for certain learner drivers

13. Requirements for all drivers in respect of learner drivers

14. Unaccompanied driver offence

15. Provisional licences

16. Duration of provisional licences

17. Requirements for holders of P1 and P2 provisional licences

18. Special restrictions affecting P1 provisional licence holders

19. Special restrictions affecting motor cycle licences

20. Novice case management program

21. Recommencement or extension of provisional period on conviction for prescribed offence

Division 3 - Issue of driver licence

22. Calculation of certain periods

23. Eligibility requirements for all licences

24. Additional eligibility requirements for certain licences

25. Additional eligibility requirements for certain heavy vehicle licences

26. Application for driver licence

27. Additional requirements by Registrar

28. Issue of driver licences generally

29. Issue of interlock licences

30. Issue of probationary licences

31. Term of driver licences

32. Form of driver licences

33. Conditions on licences

34. Recording of issue or variation of driver licences

Division 4 - Expiry and renewal of driver licence

35. Expiry of driver licence

36. Notices of renewal

37. Application for renewal of driver licence

38. Additional requirements by Registrar

39. Renewal of driver licence

Division 5 - Registrar's powers to vary, suspend or cancel driver licence

40. Variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence

41. Notice of variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence

Division 6 - Surrender of driver licence

42. Surrender of driver licence

Division 7 - Demerit points

43. Demerit points

Division 8 - Miscellaneous

44. Notification of change of details

45. Notification of change of circumstances

46. Exemptions from requirement to hold driver licence

47. Exemptions from requirement to hold motorcycle licence

48. Exemptions from requirement to hold driver licence while operating self-propelled personal transportation device

49. Interstate and international drivers

Part 3 - Ancillary Certificates

Division 1 - Ancillary certificates generally

50. Ancillary certificates

51. Form, term, &c., of ancillary certificate

52. Issue of identification card

53. Suspension or cancellation of primary licence or ancillary certificate

54. Surrender of primary licence or ancillary certificate

Division 2 - Ancillary certificates in driving instruction

55. Eligibility to hold ancillary certificate in driving instruction

56. Requirements for motor vehicles used in driving instruction

Division 3 - Ancillary certificates to drive public passenger vehicles

57. Eligibility to hold ancillary certificate to drive public passenger vehicle

Part 4 - Document Obligations

58. Return of driver licence or ancillary certificate on suspension or cancellation

59. Return of driver licence or ancillary certificate on variation

Part 5 - Mandatory Alcohol Interlock Program

60. Interpretation of Part

61. Interlock licence requirements

62. Mandatory alcohol interlock program

63. Approved providers

64. Installation of interlock

65. Approval to install interlock for multiple users

66. Service of interlock

67. Monitoring data

68. Eligibility for revocation of I condition

69. Restarting of time periods

70. Adjustment of time periods

71. Revocation of I condition

72. Removal of interlock

73. Exemptions from this Part

74. Interstate licences and interlocks

75. Offences

Part 6 - Registration of Motor Vehicles and Trailers

Division 1 - Eligibility for registration

76. Eligibility to be registered operator

77. Eligibility for registration of motor vehicles or trailers

78. Discretionary registration

79. Compliance with relevant vehicle standards

80. Vehicle reference number

Division 2 - Application for registration

81. Application for registration

82. Registration of vehicles

83. Registration period

84. Conditional registration

85. Conditional registration guidelines

86. Recording of registration

87. Issue of certificate of registration

88. Issue of registration number and number plates

89. Obligation to display number plate

90. Registrar may require return of number plates

Division 3 - Issue of specific registration numbers

91. Specific registration numbers

92. Refusal to assign rights

93. Use of personalised number plates

94. Transfer of personalised number plates

95. Surrender of personalised number plate

96. Application of Act to specific registration numbers and personalised number plates

97. Validation

Division 4 - Renewal of registration

98. Notice of renewal

99. Application for renewal of registration

100. Renewal of registration

Division 5 - Transfer of registration, &c.

101. Transfer of registration

102. Notice of change of beneficial ownership

Division 6 - Surrender of registration

103. Surrender of registration

Division 7 - Suspension or cancellation of registration

104. Suspension or cancellation of registration

105. Notice of suspension

106. Notice of cancellation

Division 8 - Written-off vehicles

107. Application of Division 8

108. Persons who may assess written-off vehicles

109. Notifying Registrar of written-off vehicle

110. Written-off vehicle labels

111. Duties and offences relating to written-off vehicle label

112. Suspension or cancellation of registration of written-off vehicle

113. Clearance of written-off vehicle label

114. Removal of mistakenly affixed written-off vehicle label

115. Record to be made in written-off vehicles register

Division 9 - Vehicle defect notices

116. Interpretation

117. Basis for issue of formal warning notice or defect notice

118. Issue of formal warning notice

119. Issue of vehicle defect notice

120. Clearance of vehicle defect notice

121. Compliance with vehicle defect notice

122. Record to be made in register of motor vehicles and trailers

Division 10 - Use of unregistered vehicles

123. Issue of trade plates

124. Use of trade plates

125. Suspension or cancellation of trade plates

126. Short term unregistered vehicle permits

127. Information to be recorded in registers

Division 11 - Exemptions from registration

128. Driving vehicle to and from place of registration &c.

129. Statutory exemption for interstate and foreign vehicles

130. Exemption for certain caravans &c.

131. Vehicles driven by police officers and authorised officers

132. Exemption for agricultural implements &c.

133. Registrar's power to exempt

134. Exemption for driving vehicle between properties intersected by public street

135. Exemption from registration does not affect obligation to have appropriate third-party insurance cover

Division 12 - Miscellaneous

136. Vehicle inspection program for certain vehicles

137. Requirement for insurance

138. Modification of registered vehicles

139. Modification plate

140. Surrogate vehicle identifiers and vehicle plates

141. Notification of change of circumstances

142. Return of number plates or trade plate after cancellation or expiry, &c.

143. Return of certificate of registration after cancellation or expiry of registration, &c.

144. Exclusion of air cushion vehicles from definition of motor vehicle

Part 7 - Motor Tax

Division 1 - Calculation of motor tax

145. Calculation of motor tax on application for registration

146. Upgrade of registration or issue of temporary upgrade permit

147. Downgrade of registration and refund of motor tax

148. Refund of motor tax on surrender of registration

149. Reassessment of motor tax

Division 2 - Exemptions, rebates and refunds

150. General exemptions

151. Exemptions based on disabilities

152. Rebate for pensioner or eligible asylum seeker

153. Rebate for some farm vehicles

154. Rebate for interchangeable trailers

155. Rebate for certain 3-axle buses

Part 8 - Road Safety Levy

156. Interpretation of Part

157. Road safety levy

158. Exempted vehicles

Part 9 - Registers

159. Registers

160. Security of information in registers

161. Issue of certificates and disclosure of information contained in register

162. Administrative guidelines

Part 10 - Fees and Charges

163. Fees generally

164. Licence fee exemption

165. Waiver of licence fee

166. Licence fee waived in certain circumstances

167. Registration fee exemption

168. Waiver of fee for transfer of registration

169. Limitation on concessional registration payments for eligible pensioners and eligible asylum seekers

170. Limitation on concessional administrative fee for eligible pensioners and eligible asylum seekers

171. Waiver of inspection fees

172. Registrar may provide materials and services related to Registrar's functions

173. National heavy vehicle number plate fee

Part 11 - Miscellaneous

174. Issue of duplicate or replacement documents

175. Agency

176. Medical examinations

177. Vehicle inspection stations

178. Forms

179. Notification of conviction &c.

180. Cooperation between driver licensing and vehicle registration authorities

181. Prescribed minimum fines for excessive speeding

182. Savings and transitional provisions

183. Further savings and transitional provisions

184. Graduated licensing savings and transitional provisions

Schedule 1 - Fees

Part 1 - Licence Fees

Part 2 - Fees for ancillary certificates

Part 3 - Vehicle registration fees

Part 4 - Miscellaneous

Schedule 2 - Demerit Points Offences

Part 1 - National Schedule of Demerit Points Offences

Part 2 - Schedule of Local Demerit Points Offences

Schedule 3 - Graduated licensing savings and transitional provisions

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