Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Combined Licences) Regulation 2014 (NSW)

New South Wales

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Combined Licences) Regulation 2014

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Road Transport Act 2013.

DUNCAN GAY, MLC

Minister for Roads and Freight

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to provide for the granting of driver licences that include boat driving rule-making power), 24 and 57A and Schedule 1.
licences under the Marine Safety Act 1998.
Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Combined

Licences) Regulation 2014

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Combined
Licences) Regulation 2014.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 December 2014 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Road Transport (Driver Licensing)
Regulation 2008

Part 3A

Insert after Part 3:

Part 3A Combined licences

36A Interpretation

In this Part:
combined licence means a driver licence that includes a boat driving licence.

included licence, in relation to a combined licence, means:

(a)	the driver licence on which a boat driving licence is included, and
(b)	the boat driving licence included on that driver licence.

marine legislation has the same meaning as in the Marine Safety Act 1998.

36B	Applications for combined licences
(1) An eligible person may apply to the Authority for a combined licence by giving the Authority:

(a)	an application for a combined licence in the form approved by the Authority, and
(b)	personal particulars necessary to identify the applicant, including any evidence that the Authority may reasonably require to verify those particulars, and
(c)	the applicable fee for the issue of the driver licence, and the fee under the Marine Safety Act 1998 for the issue of the boat driving licence, proposed to be included on the combined licence.
(2)	A person is an eligible person if the person holds (or is eligible to hold) an unrestricted driver licence under the Act and also holds (or is eligible to hold) a boat driving licence under the Marine Safety Act 1998 that are both proposed to be included on the combined licence.
(3)	The Authority may require the applicant to comply with any of the requirements of clause 44 (3) or 77 (2) of the Marine Safety (General) Regulation 2009 in addition to the requirements specified in subclause (1).

36C Information on combined licence

In addition to information about the driver included on the combined licence, a combined licence may include such information about the boat driving licence included on the combined licence as may be approved.

36D Expiry of combined licences

Each of the included licences on a combined licence expires at the end of the day that is recorded in the driver licence register as the licence expiry date for the combined licence, unless sooner cancelled or suspended.

36E

Relationship of Part to road transport legislation and marine legislation

(1)	The ordinary licensing provisions for driver licences and boat driving licences are modified so that they have effect as if those provisions provided that they were subject to the provisions of this Part.
(2)	The ordinary licensing provisions are:

(a)

for driver licences:

(i)	Chapter 3 of the Act, and
(ii)	the provisions of this Regulation (other than this Part), and

(b)

for boat driving licences:

(i)	Part 4 of the Marine Safety Act 1998 in its application to boat driving licences, and
(ii)	Divisions 1 and 4 of Part 4 of the Marine Safety (General) Regulation 2009.