Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Road Safety Levy) Regulations 2007

Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Road Safety Levy) Regulations 2007

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 .

3 September 2007

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

J. G. COX

Minister for Infrastructure

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Road Safety Levy) Regulations 2007 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 1 October 2007.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2000 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

Regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting "and" after "period;" in paragraph (d) of the definition of registration payment ;

(b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (d) in the definition of registration payment :

(e) the road safety levy (if any) payable for the relevant registration period;

(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of residential address :

road safety levy means the levy imposed under regulation 104 ;

5.    Part 7 inserted

After regulation 102 of the Principal Regulations , the following Part is inserted:

PART 7 - Road Safety Levy

103.   Interpretation of Part

In this Part –

eligible pensioner means –

(a) a pensioner; or

(b) a person with a severe disability; or

(c) the parent or guardian of a person with a severe disability who has not attained the age of 16 years;

prescribed period means the period commencing on 1 December 2007 and ending on 30 November 2012.

104.   Road safety levy

(1)  A person must pay a levy for the registration, or renewal of registration, of a vehicle if –

(a) the person applies, in the prescribed period, for registration of the vehicle; or

(b) the person applies for the renewal of registration of the vehicle and that renewal falls due in the prescribed period.

(2)  The road safety levy is payable to the Registrar on an application of a kind referred to in subregulation (1) .

(3)  If a person applies to register, or renew the registration of, a vehicle for a registration period of 12 months, the road safety levy is –

(a) $20 if the person is not an eligible pensioner; or

(b) $12 if the person is an eligible pensioner.

(4)  If a person applies to register, or renew the registration of, a vehicle for a period of more or less than 12 months, the road safety levy is an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula:

where –

A is the amount of the road safety levy; and

A1 is the amount of the road safety levy payable in respect of the registration, or renewal of registration, of the vehicle for a registration period of 12 months; and

B is the number of days in the period for which the vehicle is to be registered.

105.   Exempted vehicles

(1)  The Registrar, by notice in the Gazette, may exempt a vehicle, or a class of vehicles, from this Part.

(2)  Without limiting the generality of subregulation (1) , the Registrar may exempt any one or more of the following vehicles from this Part:

(a) a farm, construction or other vehicle that the Registrar considers will be unlikely to be used regularly on public streets;

(b) an ambulance;

(c) a vehicle designed or adapted for use and used exclusively in, or in connection with, fire-fighting operations.

(3)  A notice under this regulation is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

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

Notified in the Gazette on 12 September 2007

These regulations are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2000 by –

(a) imposing a road safety levy in connection with the registration, or renewal of registration, of a vehicle between 1 December 2007 and 30 November 2012; and

(b) fixing the amount of the levy; and

(c) providing for the payment of the levy; and

(d) providing for exemptions from the levy.