Motor Vehicles Variation Regulations 2005 (SA)

South Australia

Motor Vehicles Variation Regulations 2005

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 1996

1. Substitution of regulation 42

   42Refund on surrender of licence

2. Insertion of regulation 44A

   44ARegistrar not required to make certain refunds or recover certain unpaid fees

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles Variation Regulations 2005.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

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 1996

4—Substitution of regulation 42

Regulation 42—delete the regulation and substitute:

42—Refund on surrender of licence

For the purposes of sections 75AAA(11) and 98A(4) of the Act, the amount to be refunded on the surrender of a driver's licence or motor driving instructor's licence is an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying one-quarter of the annual licence fee paid for the issue of the licence by the number of complete 3 month periods in the unexpired portion of the period for which the licence was issued.

5—Insertion of regulation 44A

After regulation 44 insert:

44A—Registrar not required to make certain refunds or recover certain unpaid fees

The Registrar is not required—

(a)to refund a fee paid under the Act if the amount of the refund payable does not exceed $3 (indexed); or

(b)to recover a fee payable under the Act if the amount unpaid does not exceed $3 (indexed).

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

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 27 January 2005

No 7 of 2005

MTRAN 38/04 CS