New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 57A

57A Inclusion of boat driving licences on driver licences

(1) The statutory rules may make provision for or with respect to the granting of driver licences under this Act that include boat driving licences (
"combined licences" ).

(2) The following provisions apply with respect to a combined licence--

(a) the combined licence has effect for the purposes of the road transport legislation and marine legislation as both a driver licence and a boat driving licence of the classes or kinds specified on the licence,

(b) the holder of a combined licence is not excused from any requirement under legislation to carry, produce, deliver or surrender a driver licence or boat driving licence that is included on a combined licence merely because the combined licence also includes another licence to which the requirement is not directed,

(c) the variation, suspension, cancellation, surrender, confiscation or downgrading of one of the licences included on a combined licence does not of itself affect the validity or continued efficacy of the other licence included on the combined licence,

(d) a person or body entitled under legislation to confiscate a driver licence or boat driving licence may confiscate a combined licence that includes the licence to which the entitlement relates.

(3) Without limiting subsection (1) or any other relevant statutory rule-making provision, the statutory rules may make provision for or with respect to the following matters--

(a) the information about boat driving licences to be included on combined licences (for example, licence numbers and codes identifying licence classes and conditions),

(b) the making of applications for combined licences,

(c) the surrender of driver licences and boat driving licences to be included on combined licences,

(d) the issue, replacement, renewal, surrender and confiscation of combined licences,

(e) the provision of information concerning any of the licences included on combined licences,

(f) the issue or reissue of boat driving licences or driver licences to replace licences included on combined licences,

(g) the modification of specified provisions of the marine legislation or road transport legislation in their application to driver licences or boat driving licences that are included on combined licences.

(4) In this section--

"confiscation" includes seizure.

"legislation" means an Act or statutory rule made under an Act.

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

"modification" includes addition, exception, omission or substitution.

"relevant statutory rule-making provision" means a provision of this Act or the Marine Safety Act 1998 that confers a power to make statutory rules.