South Australia

Motor Vehicles (Emergency Contact Details) Amendment Bill 2003

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Motor Vehicles Act 1959.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Motor Vehicles Act 1959

4 Amendment of section 77A—Licenses and learner's permits to include photographs and other information

5 Amendment of section 136—Duty to notify change of name, address etc

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Emergency Contact Details) Amendment Act 2003.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation on 31 December 2004 or on an earlier date fixed by proclamation.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Motor Vehicles Act 1959

4—Amendment of section 77A—Licenses and learner's permits to include photographs and other information

(1) Section 77A(1) and (2)—delete "issued or renewed after the commencement of this section"

(2) Section 77A—after subsection (2) insert:

(3) A licence or learner's permit must, if an applicant for the issue or renewal of the licence or permit so requests, include one or both of the following:

(a) the name and telephone number of a person to contact in the event that the holder of the licence or permit is involved in an accident or emergency (the contact person);

(b) details of the blood group of the holder of the licence or permit.

(4) If the holder of a licence that does not include the information referred to in subsection (3) requests that such information be included on the licence, the Registrar must amend the licence in accordance with the request without payment of a fee.

(5) The Registrar must, on application by the holder of a licence or learner's permit, amend the licence or permit so as to vary the name or telephone number of the contact person.

5—Amendment of section 136—Duty to notify change of name, address etc

Section 136—after subsection (1) insert:

(1a) If the person specified on a licence or learner's permit as the person to contact in the event of the holder of the licence or permit being involved in an accident or emergency changes his or her name or telephone number, the holder of the licence or permit must, within 14 days of becoming aware of the change, give notice to the Registrar of the person's new name or telephone number.