Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Double Demerit Points) Regulation 2001 (2001-244) [GG No 64 of 6.4.2001, p 1768] (NSW)

2001 No 244

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) New South Wales

Amendment (Double Demerit Points)

Regulation 2001

under the

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Road Transport (Driver Licensing)

Regulation 1999:

(a)	to extend the double demerit points regime (under which double demerit points are incurred if specified offences are committed over a long weekend) to include certain offences relating to failure to wear seatbelts and failure to wear approved motorbike helmets, and
(b)	to remove a redundant reference to an offence the subject of the double demerit points regime.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998, including sections 15 and 19 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 64 of 6 April 2001, page 1768	Page 1
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2001 No 244
Clause 1	Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Double Demerit Points) Regulation 2001

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment
(Double Demerit Points) Regulation 2001

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment

(Double Demerit Points) Regulation 2001.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 3 April 2001*.

3 Amendment of Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999

Clause 36 of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 is amended by omitting subclause (3) (a) and (b) and inserting instead:

(a)

in the case of an offence relating to any of the following:

(i)	exceeding the speed limit,
(ii)	not wearing a seat belt,
(iii)	driving with an unrestrained passenger under the age of 16 years,
(iv)	not wearing an approved motor bike helmet,

double the number specified in Schedule 1 in relation to the
offence, or

(b)

in the case of any other offence, one more than the number specified in Schedule 1 in relation to the offence.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

BY AUTHORITY

* The regulation (statutory rule) appointed 3 April 2001 as the date of its commencement. Pursuant to section 39 (2A) of the Interpretation Act 1987, the regulation is not invalid merely because the regulation was published in the Gazette after the day on which one or more of its provisions is or are expressed to take effect, but provides, in that case, for that or those provisions to take effect from the day on which it is published in the Gazette, instead of from the earlier day.