Road Safety (Vehicles) (Domestic Partner Concessions) Regulations 2001 (Vic)

Road Safety (Vehicles) (Domestic Partner

Concessions) Regulations 2001

S.R. No. 83/2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objective	1
2.	Authorising provision	1
3.	Commencement	1
4.	Definitions	1
5.	Recognising domestic partners	2

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STATUTORY RULES 2001

S.R. No. 83/2001

Road Safety Act 1986

Road Safety (Vehicles) (Domestic Partner

Concessions) Regulations 2001

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 21 August 2001
Responsible Minister:

PETER BATCHELOR Minister for Transport

HELEN DOYE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 1999 to recognise the legal rights of all domestic partners irrespective of the gender of each partner.

2. Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986.

3. Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on

23 August 2001.

4. Definitions

(1) In regulation 105(1) of the Road Safety (Vehicles)

Regulations 19991—

(a) after the definition of "dog trailer" insert—

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' "domestic partner" of a person means a

person to whom the person is not
married but with whom the person is
living as a couple on a genuine
domestic basis (irrespective of

gender);';

(b) for the definition of "spouse" substitute— ' "spouse" of a person means a person to

whom the person is married;'.

(2) In regulation 105 of the Road Safety (Vehicles)

Regulations 1999, after sub-regulation (3)
insert—
'(4) For the purposes of the definition of

"domestic partner" in sub-regulation (1), in determining whether persons are domestic partners of each other, all the circumstances

of their relationship are to be taken into in a particular case.'.
account, including any one or more of the

matters referred to in section 275(2) of the

5. Recognising domestic partners

In the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 1999, in regulations 229(1)(c), 230(2)(c), 232(3), 237(2)(a) and item 11 in the table in Schedule 4, after "spouse" (wherever occurring) insert "or domestic partner".

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ENDNOTES

1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 29/1999. Reprint No. 1 as at 21 December 1999.

Reprinted to S.R. No. 146/1999. Subsequently amended by
S.R. No. 58/2000.