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South Australia
Motor Vehicles (Suitability to Hold Licence) Amendment
Bill 2017
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Motor
Vehicles Act 1959
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Motor Vehicles
Act 1959
3Amendment of section 82—Vehicle offences
and unsuitability to be granted or hold licence or permit
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Suitability to Hold
Licence) Amendment Act 2017.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Motor Vehicles
Act 1959
3—Amendment
of section 82—Vehicle offences and unsuitability to be granted or hold
licence or permit
(1) Section 82(1)—delete "such that it appears that the person
should not hold a licence or permit, or should hold a licence subject to
conditions, in order to prevent accident or injury or a repetition of the
offence or" and substitute:
or has behaved in some other manner that, in the opinion of the Registrar,
indicates that the person should not hold a licence or permit, or should hold a
licence subject to conditions, in order to minimise the risk of accident or
injury or the commission of
(2) Section 82—after subsection (1) insert:
(1a) In determining whether to take any action in relation to a person
under subsection (1), the protection of the public must be the paramount
consideration and the Registrar need not take into account any hardship that may
be caused to the person by taking the action.
(3) Section 82(2)(b)—delete "it no longer appears that the person
should not hold a licence or permit in order to prevent accident or injury or a
repetition of the offence or" and substitute:
the action that was taken by the Registrar is no longer desirable in order
to minimise the risk of accident or injury or the commission of