Motor Vehicles (Modification of Act) Variation Regulations 2017 (SA)

South Australia

Motor Vehicles (Modification of Act) Variation Regulations 2017

under the Motor Vehicles Act 1959

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Motor Vehicles Regulations 2010

4            Insertion of regulation 4A

4A          Modification of Act

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Modification of Act) Variation Regulations 2017.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on the day on which section 76(2) of the Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Simplify) Act 2017 comes into operation.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Motor Vehicles Regulations 2010

4—Insertion of regulation 4A

After regulation 4 insert:

4A—Modification of Act

In accordance with section 5(6a) of the Act, the following modifications are prescribed:

(a)section 75 of the Act is modified to provide that subsection (2) does not apply to a licence issued in electronic form;

(b)section 75AAA of the Act is modified to provide (in addition to its present contents)—

(i)that if any licence issued in the form of a physical document or item is subsequently also issued in electronic form, the fact that the licence has been issued in electronic form will not affect the term of the licence; and

(ii)that the reference to the grant of a licence in subsection (2)(a) is a reference to the licence when issued in the form of a physical document or item;

(c)section 75AAA(11)(a) of the Act is modified by inserting after "the licence" the following words:

(including, if the licence has also been issued in electronic form, cancelling that electronic form of the licence)

(d)section 75A of the Act is modified to provide that subsection (9)(a) does not apply in relation to a learner's permit issued in electronic form.

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor's Deputy

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 8 August 2017

No 242 of 2017

DPC17/041CS