Victorian Consolidated Regulations

2 Reg. 302A(1)(b): S.R. No. 27/1999. Reprint No. 2 as at 15 December 2002. Reprinted to S.R. No. 114/2002. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 87/2003. - SECT 601A

Reduced licence renewal fee for good drivers

601A. Reduced licence renewal fee for good drivers



(1) In this regulation-

assessment date, in relation to a driver licence, means-

   (a)  for the purposes of determining whether the holder of the driver
        licence is an eligible person for the purposes of regulation 604(2)-1
        February 2006; and

   (b)  in any other case-the day on which-

   (i)  a notice of renewal of the driver licence is issued by the Corporation
        under regulation 209; or

   (ii) the driver licence is renewed- whichever is the earlier; eligible
        person means a person who holds or has held a driver licence and who,
        according to the records of the Corporation as at the assessment date,
        is not a person who-

   (a)  has had any demerit points recorded against him or her under
        regulation 301; or

   (b)  has been convicted or found guilty; or

   (c)  has paid, or entered into an arrangement to pay, the penalty specified
        in an infringement notice issued to the person; or

   (d)  has been convicted within the meaning of section 89(4) or 89A(2) of
        the Act; or

   (e)  is the subject of an enforcement order made under Schedule 7 to the
        Magistrates' Court Act 1989 or Schedule 2A to the Children and Young
        Persons Act 1989- in respect of a relevant offence committed or
        alleged to have been committed during the three year period ending
        three months before the expiry date of the driver licence; relevant
        offence means an offence arising out of the driving of a motor vehicle
        that is-

   (a)  an indictable offence; or

   (b)  an offence that is referred to in Table 301; or

   (c)  an offence under a provision of an Act, a Commonwealth Act or
        regulations referred to in Schedule 2A; or

   (d)  an offence against the law of another jurisdiction which corresponds
        to an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

(2) On and from the commencement of the Road Safety (Drivers) (Amendment)
Regulations 2006, the fee payable by an eligible person for the renewal of a
driver licence that expired or expires on or after 1 January 2006 is reduced
by 25%.



(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply in the case of a driver licence that is
renewed more than-

   (a)  three months before the expiry date; or

   (b)  six months after the expiry date.