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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
South Australia
Motor Vehicles (Practical Driving Tests) Amendment
Bill 2009
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 Section 75—Issue and renewal of
licences
5 Amendment of section 75AAA—Term of licence and
surrender
6 Section 75A—Learner's permit
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Practical Driving Tests)
Amendment Act 2009.
This Act will come into operation 1 month after the day on which it is
assented to by the Governor.
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—Section
75—Issue and renewal of licences
Section 75—after subsection (1) insert:
(1a) Despite subsection (1), the Registrar must not issue a licence to, or
renew the licence of, a person who, on or before the date of the application,
has attained 85 years of age unless the person produces to the Registrar a
certificate signed by an authorised examiner certifying that the applicant has
passed a practical driving test conducted by the examiner in the 6 months
preceding the application.
5—Amendment of
section 75AAA—Term of licence and surrender
Section 75AAA—after subsection (1) insert:
(1a) Despite any other provision of this Act, or any term or expiry date
specified on the licence, a licence held by a person immediately before he or
she attains 85 years of age will be taken to expire on the person attaining that
age (but nothing in this subsection prevents that licence being renewed in
accordance with this section).
(1b) Despite subsection (1), the term of a licence issued to a person who
has attained 85 years of age, and of any renewal of such a licence, must not
exceed 2 years.
6—Section
75A—Learner's permit
(1) Section 75A—after subsection (1) insert:
(1aa) However, the Registrar must not issue a learner's permit to, or
renew the learner's permit of, a person who, on or before the date of the
relevant application, has attained the age of 85 years unless the person
provides the Registrar with evidence of a kind prescribed by the regulations as
to his or her fitness to drive a motor vehicle.
(2) Section 75A—after subsection (2) insert:
(2a) Despite any other provision of this Act, or any period or expiry date
specified on the learner's permit, a learner's permit held by a person
immediately before he or she attains 85 years of age will be taken to expire on
the person attaining that age (but nothing in this subsection prevents that
learner's permit being renewed in accordance with this section).
(2b) The period specified under subsection (2)(b)(i) in a learner's permit
issued to a person who has attained 85 years of age, and in any renewal of such
a permit, must not exceed 2 years.