Motor Vehicles (Driver Licensing) Amendment Act 2013 (SA)

South Australia

Motor Vehicles (Driver Licensing) Amendment Act 2013

An Act to amend the Motor Vehicles Act 1959.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1Preliminary1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driver Licensing) Amendment Act 2013.

2Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2Amendment of Motor Vehicles Act 19593Insertion of section 98AAG

After section 98AAF insert:

98AAG—Exemptions for Aboriginal persons in remote areas

1. (1)

   Subject to this section, the Minister may, by instrument in writing or by notice in the Gazette—

   1. (a)

      exempt a specified person, or a person of a specified class, from specified provisions of this Part subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the instrument or notice of exemption; or

   2. (b)

      vary or revoke an exemption, or a condition of an exemption, under this section or impose a further condition.

2. (2)

   An exemption under this section may only be granted for the purpose of enabling an Aboriginal person who ordinarily resides in a remote area to obtain a licence under this Act.

3. (3)

   An exemption under this section expires when the person to whom the exemption applies is issued with an unconditional licence under this Act.

4. (4)

   In this section—

Aboriginal person means a person of Aboriginal descent who is accepted as a member by a group in the community who claim Aboriginal descent;

remote area means—

1. (a)

   the lands as defined in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981; or

2. (b)

   the lands as defined in the Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984; or

3. (c)

   lands prescribed by regulation.