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TASMANIA
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT
(COMPULSORY CARRIAGE OF DRIVER
LICENCE) BILL 2002
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 18 amended (Restricted driver licences)
5. Section 46 amended (Power to stop vehicle)
6. Section 46A inserted
46A. Carriage and production of driver licence, &c.
7. Section 47 amended (Production of documents by drivers
and persons in charge of vehicles)
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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT
(COMPULSORY CARRIAGE OF DRIVER
LICENCE) BILL 2002
(Brought in by the Minister for Infrastructure, the
Honourable James Glennister Cox)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 in
respect of the compulsory carriage of driver licences
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled,
as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic
Amendment (Compulsory Carriage of Driver Licence) Act
2002.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on 1 December 2002.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999* is referred
to as the Principal Act.
*No. 70 of 1999
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s. 4 No. Vehicle and Traffic Amendment 2002
(Compulsory Carriage of Driver Licence)
Section 18 amended (Restricted driver licences)
4. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
subsection (13).
Section 46 amended (Power to stop vehicle)
5. Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting
after subsection (1) the following subsection:
(1AA) Subsection (1)(a) does not extend to the
production for inspection of an Australian driver
licence or a foreign driver licence.
Section 46A inserted
6. After section 46 of the Principal Act, the following
section is inserted in Part 7:
Carriage and production of driver licence, &c.
46A. (1) The holder of an Australian driver licence,
while driving, or in charge of, a motor vehicle on a
public street, or instructing a person learning to
drive a motor vehicle on a public street, must
(a) carry the Australian driver licence; and
(b) produce the licence for inspection by a
police officer or an authorised officer
when requested to do so by the officer.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.
(2) The holder of a foreign driver licence, while
driving, or in charge of, a motor vehicle on a public
street, must
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(Compulsory Carriage of Driver Licence)
(a) carry
(i) the foreign driver licence and, if
the foreign driver licence is not
written in English, an English
translation of the licence; or
(ii) an international driving permit;
and
(b) produce the foreign driver licence,
translation or permit, as the case may
be, for inspection by a police officer or an
authorised officer when requested to do
so by the officer.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.
(3) A person, while driving, or in charge of, a
motor vehicle, or engaging in any other activity for
which an ancillary certificate is required, must carry
the certificate and produce it for inspection by a
police officer or an authorised officer when requested
to do so by the officer.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.
Section 47 amended (Production of documents by
drivers and persons in charge of vehicles)
7. Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
subsection (2).
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