Transport Regulations Amendment (Document Replacement) Regulations 2020 (WA)

28 July 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2443

TRANSPORT

TN301

Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Act 2008

(Document Replacement) Regulations 2020.

Western Australian Photo Card Act 2014

Transport Regulations Amendment (Document

Replacement) Regulations 2020

SL 2020/123

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1— Preliminary

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Transport Regulations Amendment

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2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	Part 1 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

Part 2 — Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive)

Regulations 2014 amended

3. Regulations amended

This Part amends the Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive)

Regulations 2014.

4.           Regulation 73 amended

After regulation 73(3) insert:

(4)	A fee is not payable under subregulation (1) or (2) if a replacement driver's licence document or a replacement learner's permit document is issued to replace a document that was lost, damaged or destroyed as a direct result of an approved emergency.
(5)	For the purposes of subregulation (4) each of the following is an approved emergency —

(a) an emergency situation declared under the

Emergency Management Act 2005 section 50;

(b)	a state of emergency declared under section 56 of that Act;
(c)	a hazard (as defined in section 3 of that Act) that occurs within the State and is approved by the CEO for the purposes of this paragraph.

Part 3 — Western Australian Photo Card

Regulations 2014 amended

5. Regulations amended

This Part amends the Western Australian Photo Card

Regulations 2014.

6.           Regulation 7C inserted

After regulation 7B insert:

7C. No fee payable for replacement photo cards in

certain situations

(1) The fee set out in item 2 of the Table to regulation 7 is

not payable if a replacement photo card is issued to

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replace a photo card that was lost, damaged or

destroyed as a direct result of an approved emergency.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1) each of the
following is an approved emergency -

(a)	an emergency situation declared under the Emergency Management Act 2005 section 50;
(b)	a state of emergency declared under section 56 of that Act;
(c)	a hazard (as defined in section 3 of that Act) that occurs within the State and is approved by the CEO for the purposes of this paragraph.

R. NEILSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.