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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 50AAKA

Cost recovery fees

    (1)     The regulations may provide for the payment of cost recovery fees by persons who have an approved alcohol interlock installed in a motor vehicle because their driver licence or learner permit is subject to an alcohol interlock condition.

S. 50AAKA(2) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 118(a)).

    (2)     The purpose of imposing cost recovery fees is to recoup the overall costs incurred by the Secretary in—

S. 50AAKA(2)(a) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 118(b)).

        (a)     establishing a process within the alcohol interlock scheme established by this Part for the exercise by the Secretary of the relevant functions of—

              (i)     imposing and removing alcohol interlock conditions; and

              (ii)     exempting persons on medical grounds from a requirement that any driver licence or learner permit granted to them must be subject to an alcohol interlock condition; and

S. 50AAKA
(2)(ab) inserted by No. 7/2019 s. 22.

        (ab)     establishing processes arising from amendments made to this Part, and the insertion of section 103ZM, by the Transport Legislation Amendment (Better Roads Victoria and Other Amendments) Act 2019 and meeting the ongoing costs associated with those processes including the costs of processing applications under sections 50AAAE and 103ZM(6); and

        (b)     generally managing and operating the scheme as a whole.

    (3)     The regulations may prescribe—

        (a)     when a cost recovery fee is payable; and

        (b)     the amount of that fee or how it may be calculated; and

S. 50AAKA(3)(c) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 119).

        (c)     how a cost recovery fee may be paid to the Secretary; and

S. 50AAKA(3)(d) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 119).

        (d)     a procedure for the payment of cost recovery fees to, or their collection by, approved alcohol interlock suppliers or other persons and requirements as to when and how those fees are to be paid to the Secretary by such suppliers or other persons; and

        (e)     concessional rates of a cost recovery fee for specified classes of persons liable to pay a cost recovery fee.

    (4)     Without limiting subsection (3)(a), the regulations may provide that a cost recovery fee is payable—

        (a)     on an approved alcohol interlock being installed in a motor vehicle; or

        (b)     in respect of any month or other period during which an approved alcohol interlock is installed in a motor vehicle; or

        (c)     on an approved alcohol interlock being removed from a motor vehicle; or

        (d)     in more than one, or in all, of those circumstances.

S. 50AAKA(5) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 119).

    (5)     Unless the regulations otherwise provide, a cost recovery fee is to be collected on behalf of the Secretary by the approved alcohol interlock supplier who maintains, or authorises a person or body to maintain, the alcohol interlock.

    (6)     A cost recovery fee is payable irrespective of—

        (a)     when the alcohol interlock condition was imposed on the driver licence or learner permit of the person, including whether it was imposed or directed to be imposed before, on or after the commencement of section 29 of the Road Safety Amendment Act 2014 ; and

S. 50AAKA
(6)(b) amended by No. 70/2016 s. 18.

        (b)     whether it was imposed under section 31KA or 31KB or because of an alcohol interlock condition direction given by the Magistrates' Court.

S. 50AAKA(7) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 119).

    (7)     Nothing in subsection (5) prevents an approved alcohol interlock supplier collecting a cost recovery fee by their agent or other person specified by the Secretary.

S. 50AAKA(8) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 120).

    (8)     Despite anything in section 97, all cost recovery fees received by the Secretary must be paid by the Secretary into the Roads Fund or another account or fund determined by the Treasurer or Minister administering Part 7 of the Financial Management Act 1994 .

    (9)     Nothing in this section limits section 97A.

S. 50AAKA(10) inserted by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 121).

    (10)     In this section—

"relevant functions" means the functions conferred on the Corporation by the Road Safety Amendment Act 2014 that have been conferred on the Secretary by the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2019 .

S. 50AA inserted by No. 17/1994 s. 8, amended by Nos 1/2002 s. 8, 111/2003 s. 8(2), 24/2005 s. 4.



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