MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 98AAG

MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 98AAG

98AAG—Exemptions for Aboriginal persons in remote areas

        (1)         Subject to this section, the Minister may, by instrument in writing or by notice in the Gazette—

            (a)         exempt a specified person, or a person of a specified class, from specified provisions of this Part subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the instrument or notice of exemption; or

            (b)         vary or revoke an exemption, or a condition of an exemption, under this section or impose a further condition.

        (2)         An exemption under this section may only be granted for the purpose of enabling an Aboriginal person who ordinarily resides in a remote area to obtain a licence under this Act.

        (3)         An exemption under this section expires when the person to whom the exemption applies is issued with an unconditional licence under this Act.

        (4)         In this section—

"Aboriginal person" means a person of Aboriginal descent who is accepted as a member by a group in the community who claim Aboriginal descent;

"remote area" means—

            (a)         the lands as defined in the A n angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 ; or

            (b)         the lands as defined in the Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 ; or

            (c)         lands prescribed by regulation.