New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) ACT 1998 - SECT 3

3 Objects of Act

The objects of this Act are:

(a) to provide for the establishment of a driver licensing system, in accordance with agreements scheduled to the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991 of the Commonwealth, as part of a uniform national approach to driver licensing, that is designed to provide:

(i) uniform licence classes for the drivers of motor vehicles, and

(ii) uniform attendant eligibility criteria for those licence classes, and

(b) to define the responsibilities of people in respect of driver licensing, and

(c) to provide a means of identifying persons as licensed drivers of motor vehicles, and

(d) to facilitate the regulation of drivers of motor vehicles in the interests of safety and efficiency and law enforcement generally, and

(e) to provide a means of enforcing safety standards relating to the driving of motor vehicles on roads and road related areas, and

(f) to facilitate:

(i) the recovery of expenses incurred in administering the driver licensing system, and

(ii) the collection of fees payable under this Act or the regulations, and

(g) to provide for other matters relating to learner licences and provisional licences, and

(h) to improve road safety and transport efficiency and reduce the costs of administering road transport.

Note: This Act and the regulations under this Act establish a driver licensing system, including a demerit points system and providing for the issue, suspension, cancellation and renewal of driver licences and the classes of driver licences. Licences may be cancelled for offences under the Fines Act 1996 as a result of failure to pay fines, in addition to the Authority’s powers of cancellation under this Act and the regulations.
The Commonwealth Act referred to in paragraph (a) has been repealed and replaced by the National Transport Commission Act 2003 of the Commonwealth, and the agreements scheduled to the repealed Act have been independently terminated and replaced by the Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal Transport .