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Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Declared Apprenticeships) Regulations 2015

S.R. No. 118/2015

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Principal Regulations

4Commencement

5Definitions

6Corporation may declare matters for the purposes of Regulations

7Grounds for internal review

8Schedule 3 amended

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2015

S.R. No. 118/2015

Road Safety Act 1986

Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Declared Apprenticeships) Regulations 2015

The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy with the advice of the Executive Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 13 October 2015

Responsible Minister:

LUKE DONNELLAN
Minister for Roads and Road Safety

MATTHEW McBEATH

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009 to provide a 50% discount on the fee to be paid for registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle that needs to be used in the course of employment under a declared apprenticeship.

2Authorising provision

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

3Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

4Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 16 November 2015.

5Definitions

In regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations insert the following definitions—

"approved training scheme has the same meaning as it has in the Education and Training Reform Act 2006;

declared apprenticeship means an approved training scheme declared under regulation 6(l);".

6Corporation may declare matters for the purposes of Regulations

In regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations—

(a)in paragraph (k), for "Regulations." substitute "Regulations;";

(b)after paragraph (k) insert—

"(l)an approved training scheme to be a declared apprenticeship for the purposes of these Regulations.".

7Grounds for internal review

In regulation 120 of the Principal Regulations—

(a)in paragraph (l), for "(3)." substitute "(3);";

(b)after paragraph (l) insert—

"(m)a decision that item 19(a) or (b) in the Table to Schedule 3 does not apply in relation to an application for registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle.".

8Schedule 3 amended

(1)In Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations, in clause (2), for "For" substitute "Subject to clause (3), for".

(2)In Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations, after clause (2) insert—

"(3)Item 19 of the Table does not apply in relation to—

(a)an application for registration that is made before 1 January 2016; or

(b)an application for renewal of a registration that expired before 1 January 2016.".

(3)In Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations, in the Table, after item 18 insert—

"19  Vehicle necessary for declared apprenticeship
A light motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle) that is registered or to be registered in the name of a person who—
(a)  is employed under a declared apprenticeship; and
(b)  needs to drive the vehicle in the course of that employment (for example, in order to transport tools that are necessary for that employment); and
(c)  is not the registered operator of another vehicle the registration fee for which was determined under this item.	50% base fee".

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 3: S.R. No. 118/2009. Reprint No. 2 as at 30 January 2015. Reprinted to S.R. No. 201/2014. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 79/2015.