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ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) ACT 1998 -

DICTIONARY

(Section 4)

"Australian driver licence" means:

(a) a driver licence, or
(b) a licence, probationary licence, conditional licence, restricted licence, provisional licence or driver licence receipt (other than a learner licence) issued under a law in force in a State or internal Territory authorising the holder to drive a motor vehicle on a road or road related area.
"Australian Transport Council" means the Australian Transport Council referred to in section 4 of the National Transport Commission Act 2003 of the Commonwealth or its successor.
"Authority" means the Roads and Traffic Authority.
"class" of a driver licence means a class of licence established by the regulations.
"conditional licence" means a licence issued as a conditional licence in accordance with the regulations.
"corresponding law" means the law of another jurisdiction under which authority is given to drive motor vehicles on roads or road related areas.
"demerit points register" means the register required to be maintained under section 14.
"drive" includes having control over the steering, movement or propulsion of a vehicle and also includes ride a vehicle.
"driver licence" means:
(a) a licence (including a conditional licence, a provisional licence and a learner licence) issued in accordance with the regulations authorising the holder to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on a road or road related area, or
(b) a driver licence receipt.
"driver licence receipt" means a receipt that:
(a) is issued following an application for an Australian driver licence and after payment of any applicable fee, and
(b) authorises the holder to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on a road or road related area.
"driver licence register" means the register required to be maintained under section 8 and the regulations.
"exercise" of a function includes the performance of a duty.
"function" includes a power, authority and duty.
"jurisdiction" means a State, the Commonwealth or a Territory.
"learner licence" means a licence or permit issued to a person under a law in force in a State or internal Territory to authorise the person to drive a motor vehicle on a road or road related area for the purpose of learning to drive a motor vehicle.
"motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is built to be propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle.
"national schedule of demerit points" means the driving offences and corresponding demerit points prescribed in the regulations as comprising the national schedule of demerit points.
"penalty notice" means:
(a) a notice issued under Part 5.3 of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 , or
(b) a penalty reminder notice issued under the Fines Act 1996 .
"photograph" includes a digitised, electronic or computer generated image in a form approved by the Authority.
"probationary licence" means a licence to drive a motor vehicle:
(a) issued to a person who applies for a driver licence following a period of disqualification from driving ordered by a court in Australia, or
(b) issued to replace an equivalent licence issued under a corresponding law.
"provisional licence" means a licence (other than a learner licence) to drive a motor vehicle, issued under a law in force in a State or internal Territory, that is subject to conditions, restrictions, or qualifications.
"provisional P1 licence" means:
(a) a provisional licence issued in accordance with clause 20 (1) of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2008 , or
(b) any class of licence prescribed by the regulations under this Act that replaces any such licence.
"provisional P2 licence" means:
(a) a provisional licence issued in accordance with clause 27 (1) of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2008 , or
(b) any class of licence prescribed by the regulations under this Act that replaces any such licence.
"restricted licence" means an authority to drive a motor vehicle issued at the direction of a court in Australia that authorises the holder to drive only in the course of his or her employment or in other specified restricted circumstances.
"road" means an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as one of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles.
"road related area" means:
(a) an area that divides a road, or
(b) a footpath or nature strip adjacent to a road, or
(c) an area that is open to the public and is designated for use by cyclists or animals, or
(d) an area that is not a road and that is open to or used by the public for driving, riding or parking vehicles, or
(e) a shoulder of a road, or
(f) any other area that is open to or used by the public and that has been declared under section 15 of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 to be an area to which specified provisions of this Act or the regulations apply.


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