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LEARNERS AND PROVISIONAL DRIVERS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2006

Serial 79
Learners and Provisional Drivers Legislation Amendment Bill 2006
Ms Carney

A BILL
for

AN ACT
to amend the Motor Vehicles Act and Traffic Regulations in relation to learners and provisional drivers

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

LEARNERS AND PROVISIONAL DRIVERS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006

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Act No. [ ] of 2006

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   Section

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2006

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AN ACT

[Assented to [ ] 2006]

[Second reading [ ] 2006]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

PART 1 – PRELIMINARY MATTERS

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Learners and Provisional Drivers Legislation Amendment Act 2006.

PART 2 – AMENDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES ACT

2. Act amended

This Part amends the Motor Vehicles Act.

3. Amendment of section 5 (Interpretation)

Section 5(1)

insert (in alphabetical order)

"provisional licence" means a licence granted under section 10 because of section 10A;

4. Amendment of section 10A (Provisional licence)

Section 10A(2)

omit, substitute

(2) A provisional licence granted to a person remains provisional for a period of:

(a) one year if the person is at least 25 years old when granted the provisional licence; or

(b) 3 years if the person is less than 25 years old when granted the provisional licence.

(3) A provisional licence must not be granted to a person unless the person:

(a) has driven a motor vehicle as a learner in accordance with regulation 12 of the Traffic Regulations for at least a total of 120 hours in the 12 months immediately preceding the application for the licence; and

(b) has maintained a record of those hours in the approved form; and

(c) has given a copy of the record to the Registrar.

(4) Subsection (3) does not limit the matters that must be taken into account in granting a provisional licence.

(5) Without limiting what must be included in the record, the record must be certified by each licence holder occupying a front seat of the vehicle driven by the person when accumulating those hours.

(6) In this section:

"licence holder" means a person who:

(a) is at least 18 years of age; and

(b) holds a licence other than a permit licence mentioned in section 9 or a provisional licence.

PART 2 – AMENDMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

5. Regulations amended

This Part amends the Traffic Regulations.

6. Amendment of regulation 12 (Learners driving motor vehicles)

After regulation 12(10)

insert

(11) A learner must not drive a vehicle that is towing another vehicle.

7. Amendment of regulation 14 (Provisional drivers driving motor vehicles)

After regulation 14(3)

insert

(4) A provisional driver must not drive a vehicle that is towing another vehicle.

(5) A provisional driver must not, at any time between 10 pm at night and 5 am in the morning, drive a vehicle that is occupied by more than one other person.

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