Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 18B(1) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 34(a)), substituted by No. 30/2021 s. 35(1).
(1) In this section—
"licence document" means—
(a) a driver licence; or
(b) a learner permit; or
(c) a licence or permit issued in—
(i) another State or a Territory authorising the holder of the licence or permit to drive a motor vehicle on a highway; or
(ii) another country, authorising the holder of the licence or permit to drive a motor vehicle.
S. 18B(2) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 34(a)).
(2) The Secretary may retain any licence document for the purpose of checking its validity.
S. 18B(3) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 34(b)(i)).
(3) If the Secretary retains the licence document of a person under subsection (2), the Secretary must—
S. 18B(3)(a) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 34(b)(ii)).
(a) give the person a copy of the licence document that has been stamped by the Secretary and specifies the period (the effective period ) during which the copy of the licence document may be relied on as evidence that the person is authorised to drive a motor vehicle on a highway; and
(b) subject to section 18C, return the original of the licence document to the person before the expiry of the effective period.
S. 18B(4) amended by Nos 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 34(c)), 30/2021 s. 35(2).
(4) If, at any time during the effective period specified on the copy of a licence document provided to a person by the Secretary under subsection (3), the person is required under this Act to produce the person's licence document, the person meets that requirement by producing the copy of the licence document.
S. 18C (Heading) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 35).
S. 18C inserted by No. 68/2017 s. 42, amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 36).