VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2021

Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations

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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2021

- (S.R. 2021, NO. 26)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Long Title

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Determination of suitability of person to hold driver licence, ancillary certificate or exemption
5. Learner approved motor cycles

PART 2 - Driver Licences

Division 1 - Classes of driver licences

6. Classes of driver licences
7. Authority conferred by licences

Division 2 - Learner, provisional and other inexperienced drivers

8. Novice licensing stages
9. Learner drivers
10. Learner licences
11. Duration of learner licence
12. Requirements for certain learner drivers
13. Requirements for all drivers in respect of learner drivers
14. Unaccompanied driver offence
15. Provisional licences
16. Duration of provisional licences
17. Requirements for holders of P1 and P2 provisional licences
18. Special restrictions affecting P1 provisional licence holders
19. Special restrictions affecting motor cycle licences
20. Novice case management program
21. Recommencement or extension of provisional period on conviction for prescribed offence

Division 3 - Issue of driver licence

22. Calculation of certain periods
23. Eligibility requirements for all licences
24. Additional eligibility requirements for certain licences
25. Additional eligibility requirements for certain heavy vehicle licences
26. Application for driver licence
27. Additional requirements by Registrar
28. Issue of driver licences generally
29. Issue of interlock licences
30. Issue of probationary licences
31. Term of driver licences
32. Form of driver licences
33. Conditions on licences
34. Recording of issue or variation of driver licences

Division 4 - Expiry and renewal of driver licence

35. Expiry of driver licence
36. Notices of renewal
37. Application for renewal of driver licence
38. Additional requirements by Registrar
39. Renewal of driver licence

Division 5 - Registrar's powers to vary, suspend or cancel driver licence

40. Variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence
41. Notice of variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence

Division 6 - Surrender of driver licence

42. Surrender of driver licence

Division 7 - Demerit points

43. Demerit points

Division 8 - Miscellaneous

44. Notification of change of details
45. Notification of change of circumstances
46. Exemptions from requirement to hold driver licence
47. Exemptions from requirement to hold motorcycle licence
47A. Exemption from requirement to hold motor cycle licence – postal worker driving postal vehicle
48. Exemptions from requirement to hold driver licence while operating self-propelled personal transportation device
49. Interstate and international drivers

PART 3 - Ancillary Certificates

Division 1 - Ancillary certificates generally

50. Ancillary certificates
51. Form, term, &c., of ancillary certificate
52. Issue of identification card
53. Suspension or cancellation of primary licence or ancillary certificate
54. Surrender of primary licence or ancillary certificate

Division 2 - Ancillary certificates in driving instruction

55. Eligibility to hold ancillary certificate in driving instruction
56. Requirements for motor vehicles used in driving instruction

Division 3 - Ancillary certificates to drive public passenger vehicles

57. Eligibility to hold ancillary certificate to drive public passenger vehicle

PART 4 - Document Obligations

58. Return of driver licence or ancillary certificate on suspension or cancellation
59. Return of driver licence or ancillary certificate on variation

PART 5 - Mandatory Alcohol Interlock Program

60. Interpretation of Part
61. Interlock licence requirements
62. Mandatory alcohol interlock program
63. Approved providers
64. Installation of interlock
65. Approval to install interlock for multiple users
66. Service of interlock
67. Monitoring data
68. Eligibility for revocation of I condition
69. Restarting of time periods
70. Adjustment of time periods
71. Revocation of I condition
72. Removal of interlock
73. Exemptions from this Part
74. Interstate licences and interlocks
75. Offences

PART 6 - Registration of Motor Vehicles and Trailers

Division 1 - Eligibility for registration

76. Eligibility to be registered operator
77. Eligibility for registration of motor vehicles or trailers
78. Discretionary registration
79. Compliance with relevant vehicle standards
80. Vehicle reference number

Division 2 - Application for registration

81. Application for registration
82. Registration of vehicles
83. Registration period
84. Conditional registration
85. Conditional registration guidelines
86. Recording of registration
87. Issue of certificate of registration
88. Issue of registration number and number plates
89. Obligation to display number plate
90. Registrar may require return of number plates

Division 3 - Issue of specific registration numbers

91. Specific registration numbers
92. Refusal to assign rights
93. Use of personalised number plates
94. Transfer of personalised number plates
95. Surrender of personalised number plate
96. Application of Act to specific registration numbers and personalised number plates
97. Validation

Division 4 - Renewal of registration

98. Notice of renewal
99. Application for renewal of registration
100. Renewal of registration

Division 5 - Transfer of registration, &c.

101. Transfer of registration
102. Notice of change of beneficial ownership

Division 6 - Surrender of registration

103. Surrender of registration

Division 7 - Suspension or cancellation of registration

104. Suspension or cancellation of registration
105. Notice of suspension
106. Notice of cancellation

Division 8 - Written-off vehicles

107. Application of Division 8
108. Persons who may assess written-off vehicles
109. Notifying Registrar of written-off vehicle
110. Written-off vehicle labels
111. Duties and offences relating to written-off vehicle label
112. Suspension or cancellation of registration of written-off vehicle
113. Clearance of written-off vehicle label
114. Removal of mistakenly affixed written-off vehicle label
115. Record to be made in written-off vehicles register

Division 9 - Vehicle defect notices

116. Interpretation
117. Basis for issue of formal warning notice or defect notice
118. Issue of formal warning notice
119. Issue of vehicle defect notice
120. Clearance of vehicle defect notice
121. Compliance with vehicle defect notice
122. Record to be made in register of motor vehicles and trailers

Division 10 - Use of unregistered vehicles

123. Issue of trade plates
124. Use of trade plates
125. Suspension or cancellation of trade plates
126. Short term unregistered vehicle permits
127. Information to be recorded in registers

Division 11 - Exemptions from registration

128. Driving vehicle to and from place of registration &c.
129. Statutory exemption for interstate and foreign vehicles
130. Exemption for certain caravans &c.
131. Vehicles driven by police officers and authorised officers
132. Exemption for agricultural implements &c.
133. Registrar's power to exempt
134. Exemption for driving vehicle between properties intersected by public street
135. Exemption from registration does not affect obligation to have appropriate third-party insurance cover

Division 12 - Miscellaneous

136. Vehicle inspection program for certain vehicles
137. Requirement for insurance
138. Modification of registered vehicles
139. Modification plate
140. Surrogate vehicle identifiers and vehicle plates
141. Notification of change of circumstances
142. Return of number plates or trade plate after cancellation or expiry, &c.
143. Return of certificate of registration after cancellation or expiry of registration, &c.
144. Exclusion of air cushion vehicles and personal mobility devices from definition of motor vehicle

PART 7 - Motor Tax

Division 1 - Calculation of motor tax

145. Calculation of motor tax on application for registration
146. Upgrade of registration or issue of temporary upgrade permit
147. Downgrade of registration and refund of motor tax
148. Refund of motor tax on surrender of registration
149. Reassessment of motor tax

Division 2 - Exemptions, rebates and refunds

150. General exemptions
151. Exemptions based on disabilities
152. Rebate for pensioner or eligible asylum seeker
153. Rebate for some farm vehicles
154. Rebate for interchangeable trailers
155. Rebate for certain 3-axle buses

PART 8 - Road Safety Levy

156. Interpretation of Part
157. Road safety levy
158. Exempted vehicles

PART 9 - Registers

159. Registers
160. Security of information in registers
161. Issue of certificates and disclosure of information contained in register
162. Administrative guidelines

PART 10 - Fees and Charges

163. Fees generally
164. Licence fee exemption
165. Waiver of licence fee
166. Licence fee waived in certain circumstances
167. Registration fee exemption
168. Waiver of fee for transfer of registration
168A. Registration fee waived or remitted in certain circumstances
168B. Registration fee waived or remitted – business vehicles
169. Limitation on concessional registration payments for eligible pensioners and eligible asylum seekers
170. Limitation on concessional administrative fee for eligible pensioners and eligible asylum seekers
171. Waiver of inspection fees
172. Registrar may provide materials and services related to Registrar's functions
173. National heavy vehicle number plate fee

PART 11 - Miscellaneous

174. Issue of duplicate or replacement documents
175. Agency
176. Medical examinations
177. Vehicle inspection stations
178. Forms
179. Notification of conviction &c.
180. Cooperation between driver licensing and vehicle registration authorities
181. Prescribed minimum fines for excessive speeding
182. Savings and transitional provisions
183. Further savings and transitional provisions
184. Graduated licensing savings and transitional provisions
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SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3

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