After regulation 145 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Part 10:

146.     Further savings and transitionals

(1)  In this regulation –

amendment Act means the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Probationary Licences) Act 2017 ;

commencement day means the day on which the amendment Act commences;

regressed driver or rider means a novice driver or novice rider who, before the commencement day, was regressed under section 13A of the Act as in force before the commencement day;

(2)  If, before the commencement day, a regressed driver or rider has been issued with a licence after being so regressed, these regulations apply to the regressed driver or rider, while he or she is so regressed, as if the amendments made by the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Probationary Licences) Regulations 2017 had not taken effect in respect of these regulations.

(3)  If, before the commencement day, a regressed driver or rider has not been issued with a licence after being so regressed, the regressed driver or rider is taken to be a driver or rider to whom the novice case management program applies.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 27 December 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2010 by –

(a) removing references to regression in relation to drivers and riders; and

(b) providing transitional arrangements for drivers and riders who have already been regressed under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 ; and

(c) specifying additional circumstances where the Registrar may issue a probationary licence to a person; and

(d) establishing a system of case management for certain novice drivers and novice riders.