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Road Safety (Drugs) Act 2006

Act No. 20/2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section  Page

1.Purposes

2.Commencement

3.Random drug testing extended to "ecstasy"

4.Registration and permit fees for heavy vehicles

5.New section 103K inserted

103K.Transitional provision—Road Safety (Drugs) Act 2006

6.Repeal of sunsetting of drug-driving provisions

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Road Safety (Drugs) Act 2006

[Assented to 9 May 2006]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1.Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

(a)to amend the Road Safety Act 1986—

(i)to include "ecstasy" in the random drug testing program for drivers;

(ii)to repeal section 95A (application of ACT heavy vehicle charges) consequent on the repeal of the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993 of the Commonwealth;

(b)to amend the Road Safety (Drug Driving) Act 2003 to remove the sunset on the random drug testing program for drivers.

2.Commencement

(1)This Act (except sections 3, 4 and 5) comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2)Sections 4 and 5 come into operation on 1 July 2006.

(3)Subject to sub-section (4), section 3 comes into operation on a day to be proclaimed.

(4)If section 3 does not come into operation before 1 September 2006, it comes into operation on that day.

3.Random drug testing extended to "ecstasy"

After paragraph (a) of the definition of "prescribed illicit drug" in section 3(1) of the Road Safety Act 1986 insert—

"(ab)3, 4-Methylenedioxy-N-Methylamphetamine (MDMA);".

4.Registration and permit fees for heavy vehicles

Section 95A of the Road Safety Act 1986 is repealed.

5.New section 103K inserted

After section 103J of the Road Safety Act 1986 insert—

"103K.Transitional provision—Road Safety (Drugs) Act 2006

Despite the repeal of section 95A by section 4 of the Road Safety (Drugs) Act 2006, the prescribed fee in force immediately before that repeal in respect of any matter covered by the following paragraphs—

(a)the registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle referred to in section 95A(2)(a);

(b)the grant of a permit to operate a vehicle, or a combination of vehicles, referred to in section 95A(2)(c)—

continues in force in respect of that matter until the commencement of regulations made on or after the commencement of that section 4 prescribing an amount as a fee in respect of that matter.".

6.Repeal of sunsetting of drug-driving provisions

In the Road Safety (Drug Driving) Act 2003—

(a)in section 2(1) omit "(except section 23)";

(b)in section 2(2) omit "(other than section 23)";

(c)section 2(3) is repealed;

(d)section 23 is repealed.

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 1 March 2006

Legislative Council: 2 May 2006

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Road Safety Act 1986 to include "ecstasy" in the random drug testing program for drivers, to amend the Road Safety (Drug Driving) Act 2003 to remove the sunset on that program and for other purposes."