South Australian Numbered Acts

MOTOR VEHICLES (LICENCES AND LEARNER'S PERMITS) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 10 OF 2005) - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1—Related amendments and transitional provisions

Part 1—Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1961

1—Amendment of section 47A—Interpretation

Section 47A(2)—delete subsection (2) and substitute:

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, a person acts as a qualified supervising driver for the holder of a permit or licence if the person would, for the purposes of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 , be taken to be acting as a qualified supervising driver for the holder of a permit or licence (see section 72A of that Act).

2—Amendment of section 47E—Police may require alcotest or breath analysis

Section 47E(1)(c)—delete "qualified passenger for a learner driver" and substitute:

qualified supervising driver for the holder of a permit or licence

Part 2—Transitional provisions

3—Interpretation

In this Part—

principal Act means the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 .

4—Learner's permits issued before commencement

Section 79A(a) of the principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement of section 10 continues to apply in relation to an applicant for a licence who—

            (a)         was the holder of a learner's permit immediately before the commencement of section 10; and

            (b)         has not been disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence or learner's permit since the commencement of section 10.

5—Provisional licences in force at commencement

Sections 75AAA and 81A of the principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement of section 12 continue to apply in relation to a provisional licence that was in force immediately before the commencement of section 12.