{"id":"sl-2000-13","name":"Road Transport (General) Regulation 2000","slug":"road-transport-general-regulation-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"13 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173781,"registerId":"act-sl-2000-13-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notes","content":"4 Notes\nA note in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of the section.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n\nPreliminary Part 1\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"4A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Offences against regulation—application of Criminal","content":"4A Offences against regulation—application of Criminal\nCode etc\nOther legislation applies in relation to offences against this\nregulation.\nNote 1 Criminal Code\nThe Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to an offence against this regulation (see\nCode, pt 2.1).\nThe chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility\n(including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used\nfor offences to which the Code applies (eg conduct, intention,\nrecklessness and strict liability).\nNote 2 Penalty units\nThe Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties\nthat are expressed in penalty units.\n\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Administration of road transport","content":"Part 2 Administration of road transport\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Responsible people for vehicle","content":"5 Responsible people for vehicle\n(1) If 2 or more people are responsible people for a vehicle—\n(a) any right or liability given to or imposed on the responsible\nperson for the vehicle under the relevant legislation is taken to\nbe given to or imposed on each of them; and\n(b) each of them is taken to have complied with an obligation\nimposed under the relevant legislation if either of them (whether\npersonally or through an agent) complies with the obligation;\nand\n(c) the road transport authority, or the administering authority for\nan infringement notice offence, is taken to have complied with\nan obligation under the relevant legislation to give notice to the\nresponsible person for the vehicle if the authority gives notice—\n(i) if the address for service recorded in a record or register\nunder the road transport legislation is the same for each\nresponsible person—to at least 1 of them; or\n(ii) if the address for service is different for 2 or more of the\nresponsible people—to each of them.\nrelevant legislation means—\n(a) a provision of the road transport legislation; or\n(b) a provision of any other Act (or a provision of a regulation made\nunder any other Act) concerned with the responsible person for\na vehicle within the meaning of the Road Transport (General)\nAct 1999.\n\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions for traffic marshals—appointment and","content":"6 Exemptions for traffic marshals—appointment and\nidentity cards\n(1) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 19 (3) (a) and (b)\ndoes not apply to the appointment of a traffic marshal as an authorised\nNote 1 Section 19 (3) (a) requires an authorised person to be an Australian citizen\nor permanent resident and s 19 (3) (b) relates to a person’s suitability for\nappointment.\nNote 2 However, a traffic marshal must have satisfactorily completed adequate\ntraining before being appointed as an authorised person, see s 19 (3) (c).\n(2) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 20 does not apply to\na traffic marshal who is appointed as an authorised person.\ncard.\n(3) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 21 does not apply to\nan authorised traffic marshal while the traffic marshal is giving a\ndirection under the Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017,\nsection 304 (Direction by police officer or authorised person) for the\nactivity for which the person is appointed an authorised person.\nNote 1 Section 21 requires an authorised person to show the person’s identity\ncard before exercising a function under the road transport legislation.\nNote 2 The Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017, s 304 requires a\nperson to obey any reasonable direction for the safe and efficient\nregulation of traffic given to the person by a police officer or authorised\nauthorised, for a traffic marshal, means appointed as an authorised\nperson for the Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017,\nsection 304.\ntraffic marshal means a person who carries out traffic control\nfunctions for an activity.\n\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions etc for protective service officers—","content":"7 Exemptions etc for protective service officers—\nappointment and identity cards\n(1) A protective service officer is an authorised person for the Road\nTransport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017, section 304 (Direction by\npolice officer or authorised person).\n(2) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 20 does not apply to\nan authorised person who is a protective service officer.\ncard. A protective service officer’s AFP-issued identity card is equivalent\nto an identity card issued for s 20.\n(3) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 21 does not apply to\nan authorised person who is a protective service officer while the\nperson is giving a direction under the Road Transport (Road Rules)\nRegulation 2017, section 304.\nNote 1 Section 21 requires an authorised person to show the person’s identity\ncard before exercising a function under the road transport legislation.\nNote 2 The Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017, s 304 requires a\nperson to obey any reasonable direction for the safe and efficient\nregulation of traffic given to the person by a police officer or authorised\n(4) However, before giving a direction to someone (the directed person)\nunder the Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017, section 304,\nthe authorised person must show the directed person the authorised\nperson’s AFP-issued identity card, if it is reasonably practicable in\nthe circumstances to do so.\nAFP-issued identity card, for a protective service officer, means the\nidentity card issued to the protective service officer for the officer’s\nfunctions under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cwlth).\nprotective service officer—see the Australian Federal Police\nAct 1979 (Cwlth), section 4 (1).\n\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"7A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exemptions for authorised officers—appointment and","content":"7A Exemptions for authorised officers—appointment and\nidentity cards—Act, s 19 (2)\n(1) An authorised officer is an authorised person for the road transport\n(2) However, an authorised person who is an authorised officer may only\nexercise a power under subsection (1) if—\n(a) the exercise of the power involves a heavy vehicle; and\n(b) before exercising the power in relation to a person, the\nauthorised person shows the person their heavy vehicle identity\ncard if it is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.\n(3) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 20 does not apply to\nan authorised person who is an authorised officer.\ncard. An authorised officer’s heavy vehicle identity card is equivalent to\nan identity card issued for s 20.\n(4) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 21 does not apply to\nan authorised person who is an authorised officer.\nNote Section 21 requires an authorised person to show the person’s identity\ncard before exercising a power under the road transport legislation.\nauthorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer\nunder the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT), section 481 (1).\nheavy vehicle—see the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT),\nsection 6.\nheavy vehicle identity card, for an authorised officer, means the\nidentity card issued to the authorised officer under the Heavy Vehicle\nNational Law (ACT), section 486 (1).\n\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Delegation of road transport authority’s functions","content":"8 Delegation of road transport authority’s functions\nFor the Act, section 17 (1) (c), the road transport authority may\ndelegate the authority’s functions to issue permits under the Road\nTransport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017,\nsection 64 (2) (g) (Parking permits) to the Secretary of the\nCommonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.\nNote For the making of delegations and the exercise of delegated functions,\nsee the Legislation Act, pt 19.4.\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"9A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Content of fine enforcement notice—Act, s 84 (3) (c)","content":"9A Content of fine enforcement notice—Act, s 84 (3) (c)\nThe following information is prescribed for a fine enforcement notice\nsent to a person:\n(a) the date of the notice;\n(b) the name and address of the person;\n(c) that the road transport authority has been notified that the person\nhas defaulted in payment of an outstanding court imposed fine;\n(d) that the outstanding court imposed fine to which the notice\nrelates has not been paid;\n(e) that fine enforcement action takes effect on the enforcement date\nand continues until the action is revoked under the Act, part 6.\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"9B","sectionType":"section","heading":"When posted notice taken to be given","content":"9B When posted notice taken to be given\n(1) This section applies to a notice given to a person under the road\ntransport legislation if the notice is sent—\n(a) by prepaid post; and\n(b) either—\n(i) to the person’s home address; or\n\n(ii) if the person has an address for service recorded in a road\ntransport authority record or register—the address for\nservice.\nNote It is an offence for the holder of a driver licence or the registered\noperator of a registered vehicle to fail to notify the road transport\nauthority of a change of address (see Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Regulation 2000, s 74 and Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Regulation 2000, s 69).\n(2) The notice is taken to be given to the person when it is received at the\naddress.\n(3) In a proceeding before a court, it is presumed that the notice is—\n(a) posted 4 working days after the date of the notice, unless\nevidence sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is\ngiven; and\n(b) received 4 working days after the notice is posted, unless the\ncontrary is established.\n(4) The Legislation Act, section 250 (1) does not apply to a notice given\nunder the road transport legislation.\nroad transport authority record or register means—\n(a) the demerit points register or driver licence register kept under\nthe Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999; or\n(b) the registrable vehicles register kept under the Road Transport\n(Vehicle Registration) Act 1999; or\n(c) the MAI insurance licence register kept under the Motor\nAccident Injuries Act 2019; or\n(d) any other record kept by the authority under the road transport\n\nPart 3 Enforcement of road transport legislation\nPart 3 Enforcement of road transport\n9C Specimen signature—Act, s 59 (2)\nThe following are prescribed as ways in which a police officer may\nrequire a person to provide a specimen of his or her signature—\n(a) in the police officer’s official notebook; or\n(b) on any other paper on which a signature can be reasonably\nwritten.\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Certificate evidence—Act, s 72 (4)","content":"10 Certificate evidence—Act, s 72 (4)\nThe following matters are prescribed:\n(a) a stated person was or was not an authorised examiner on a\nstated date or during a stated period;\n(b) stated premises were or were not approved premises on a stated\ndate or during a stated period;\n(c) for a notice issued by the road transport authority under the road\ntransport legislation—\n(i) how the notice was electronically generated; or\n(ii) the contents of the notice.\n\nReview of decisions Part 4\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Review of decisions","content":"Part 4 Review of decisions\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Internally reviewable decisions—Act, s 90, def internally","content":"11 Internally reviewable decisions—Act, s 90, def internally\nreviewable decision\nA decision mentioned in schedule 1, column 3 under a provision\nmentioned in column 2 in relation to the decision is prescribed.\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Reviewable decisions—Act, s 90A (1), def reviewable","content":"12 Reviewable decisions—Act, s 90A (1), def reviewable\ndecision, par (b)\nA decision mentioned in schedule 2, column 3 under a provision\nmentioned in column 2 in relation to the decision is prescribed.\n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Fees, charges and other amounts","content":"Part 5 Fees, charges and other amounts\npayable under road transport\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Remission of fees, charges and other amounts—Minister","content":"13 Remission of fees, charges and other amounts—Minister\nThe Minister may remit any fee, charge or other amount, or part of\nany fee, charge or other amount, payable under the road transport\n13AA Remission of fees, charges and other amounts—authority\n(1) The road transport authority may remit a fee, charge or other amount,\nor part of a fee, charge or other amount, payable under the road\ntransport legislation.\n(2) The Minister may approve guidelines for the road transport authority\nto exercise its function under subsection (1).\n(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the guidelines may make provision\nabout—\n(a) the matters in relation to which an application for remission\nunder subsection (1) may be made; and\n(b) the matters or circumstances that may or must be considered, in\ndeciding whether an application for remission may or must be\nrefused.\nExample—par (b)\nany previous applications a person has made for remission\n(4) A guideline is a disallowable instrument.\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"13A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Rounding down of fees","content":"13A Rounding down of fees\n(1) This section applies if a determined fee, charge or other amount\npayable under the road transport legislation is for an amount that is\nnot stated as a whole dollar amount.\n(2) The road transport authority may round the amount down to the\nnearest 10 cents.\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Refund of fees, charges and other amounts","content":"14 Refund of fees, charges and other amounts\n(1) The road transport authority must refund a fee, charge or other\namount mentioned in an item in schedule 3, part 3.1 (Fees, charges\nand other amounts—refund) paid to the authority.\n(2) The road transport authority must refund part, worked out in\naccordance with the refund formula in section 15, of a fee, charge or\nother amount (other than a non-refundable amount) mentioned in an\nitem in schedule 3, part 3.2 (Fees, charges and other amounts—partial\nrefund using s 15 formula) paid to the authority.\n(3) However, something mentioned in an item in schedule 3, part 3.1 or\npart 3.2 need not be surrendered as required by the item if the road\ntransport authority—\n(a) is satisfied that the thing has been lost, stolen or destroyed; or\n(b) directs that the thing need not be surrendered.\n(4) The road transport authority may deduct from the refund any unpaid\nfees, charges or other amounts payable by the person to the authority\nin relation to the driver licence, accreditation, registration, permit,\ntrader’s plate, licence or other thing in relation to which the refund is\npayable (the subject of the refund).\n(5) If the amount of the refund is not a whole number of dollars, the\namount must be rounded down to the next whole number of dollars.\n\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Refund formula","content":"15 Refund formula\n(1) The refund formula is—paidfee\nforpaiddays\nremainingdays\nrefund =\ndays paid for means the total number of days the subject of the refund\nwas to be in force.\ndays remaining means the number of whole days remaining of the\ndays paid for.\nfee paid means the relevant amount paid in relation to the subject of\nthe refund, less any non-refundable amount paid in relation to the\nsubject of the refund or payable in relation to the refund.\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dishonour notices","content":"16 Dishonour notices\n(1) This section applies to the following amounts payable under the road\ntransport legislation:\n(a) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the issue,\nvariation or renewal of a driver licence;\n(b) a fee, charge or other amount in relation to a driving instructor’s\nor heavy vehicle driver assessor’s accreditation or an\naccreditation under the Road Transport (Public Passenger\nServices) Act 2001;\n(c) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the\nregistration or renewal of registration of a vehicle;\n(d) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the issue of\nan MAI policy under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019;\n(e) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the\ninspection or examination of a vehicle;\n\n(f) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the\nauthorisation or renewal of the authorisation of an authorised\nexaminer;\n(g) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the approval\nor renewal of the approval of premises for the inspection or\ntesting of vehicles;\n(h) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the issue of\ntrader’s plates;\n(i) a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to the issue or\ntransfer of a taxi licence, rideshare vehicle licence or hire car\nlicence under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services)\nAct 2001.\n(2) If a person pays all or part of an amount to which this section applies\nby cheque and the cheque is not met on presentation, or by credit card\nand the credit card transaction is not honoured, the road transport\nauthority must give a written dishonour notice to the person.\n(3) The dishonour notice must—\n(a) contain a statement to the effect that the cheque was not met on\npresentation or the credit card transaction was not honoured; and\n(b) indicate the consequences under section 17 if the amount of the\ncheque or credit card transaction is not paid to the road transport\nauthority within 14 days after the dishonour notice is given to\nthe person.\n\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Suspension notices","content":"17 Suspension notices\n(1) In this section, section 18 and section 19:\nrelevant thing means—\n(a) for a fee, charge or other amount mentioned in\nsection 16 (1) (a)—the driver licence; or\n(b) for a fee, charge or other amount mentioned in\nsection 16 (1) (b)—the accreditation; or\n(c) for a fee, charge or other amount mentioned in\nsection 16 (1) (c), (d) or (e)—the vehicle registration; or\n(d) for a fee, charge or other amount mentioned in\nsection 16 (1) (f)—the authorisation; or\n(e) for a fee, charge or other amount mentioned in\nsection 16 (1) (g)—the approval; or\n(f) for a fee, charge or other amount mentioned in\nsection 16 (1) (h)—the trader’s plates; or\n(g) for a fee, charge or other amount mentioned in\nsection 16 (1) (i)—the licence.\n(2) If the person mentioned in section 16 does not pay the amount of the\ncheque or credit card transaction within 14 days after the dishonour\nnotice is given to the person, the road transport authority must—\n(a) give the person a written suspension notice suspending the\nrelevant thing; and\n(b) take the action (if any) that the authority considers necessary or\ndesirable to give effect to the suspension of the relevant thing.\n(3) The suspension notice must—\n(a) contain a statement to the effect that payment has not been\nreceived in accordance with the dishonour notice; and\n\n(b) contain a statement to the effect that the relevant thing is\nsuspended by the notice and explaining briefly the effects of the\nsuspension; and\n(c) indicate the consequences under section 19 if the amount of the\ncheque or credit card transaction is not paid within 14 days after\nthe suspension notice is given to the person.\n","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Revocation of suspension","content":"18 Revocation of suspension\nIf the person mentioned in section 16 pays the amount of the cheque\nor credit card transaction within 14 days after the suspension notice\nis given to the person, the road transport authority must—\n(a) give the person a written revocation notice revoking the\nsuspension of the relevant thing; and\n(b) take any action necessary or desirable to give effect to the\nrevocation of the suspension of the relevant thing.\n","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cancellation notices","content":"19 Cancellation notices\n(1) If the person mentioned in section 16 does not pay the amount of the\ncheque or credit card transaction within 14 days after the suspension\nnotice is given to the person, the road transport authority must—\n(a) give the person a written cancellation notice cancelling the\nrelevant thing; and\n(b) take the action (if any) that the authority considers necessary or\ndesirable to give effect to the cancellation of the relevant thing.\n(2) The cancellation notice must contain a statement to the effect that—\n(a) payment has not been received in accordance with the\nsuspension notice; and\n(b) the relevant thing is cancelled by the notice and explaining\nbriefly the effects of the cancellation.\n\n","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions for pt 6","content":"20 Definitions for pt 6\nIn this part:\napproved corresponding WOVR means a register approved under\nsection 31 (1).\ndealer—see the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act 1977, dictionary.\ndesignated person, for a notifiable vehicle—see section 23 (1).\ninsurer means a person who carries on the business of insuring\nvehicles.\nmotor wrecker means a person who carries on the business of—\n(a) demolishing or dismantling vehicles or parts of, or accessories\nfor, vehicles; or\n(b) buying vehicles (including substantially demolished or\ndismantled vehicles) and selling substantially demolished or\ndismantled vehicles, whether or not the person also sells parts\nof, or accessories for, vehicles.\nnotifiable vehicle—see section 21.\nrelevant identification information, for a vehicle, means the\nfollowing information:\n(a) the registration number (if any) of the vehicle;\n(b) the vehicle identifier for the vehicle;\n(c) the make, model and body type of the vehicle;\n(d) whether the vehicle is—\n(i) a motor vehicle (other than a motorbike) with a GVM of\n4.5t or less; or\n(ii) a motorbike; or\n\n(iii) a trailer with a GVM of 4.5t or less.\nNote A trailer includes a vehicle built to be towed by a motor vehicle\nand includes a caravan (see the Act, dict, def trailer).\nrepairable write-off means a vehicle that is a total loss but is not a\nstatutory write-off.\nstatutory write-off—see section 22.\nstatutory write-off notice means a notice approved under\nsection 31 (2).\ntotal loss—see the Act, section 83C.\nvehicle identifier—see the Act, section 83B.\nwritten-off vehicle—see the Act, section 83B.\nwritten-off vehicles register—see the Act, section 83B.\n","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"21","sectionType":"section","heading":"What is a notifiable vehicle","content":"21 What is a notifiable vehicle\nFor this part, a vehicle is a notifiable vehicle if—\n(a) the vehicle is written off; and\nNote For when a vehicle is written off, see s 23 (1).\n(b) the vehicle was manufactured less than 15 years before the date\nthe vehicle was written off; and\n(c) the vehicle is—\n(i) a motor vehicle (other than a motorbike) with a GVM of\n4.5t or less; or\n(ii) a motorbike; or\n(iii) a trailer with a GVM of 4.5t or less.\nNote A trailer includes a vehicle built to be towed by a motor vehicle\nand includes a caravan (see the Act, dict, def trailer).\n\n","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"22","sectionType":"section","heading":"When vehicle is a statutory write-off","content":"22 When vehicle is a statutory write-off\n(1) A vehicle is a statutory write-off if the vehicle is a total loss and—\n(a) for a motor vehicle (other than a motorbike)—meets the\nassessment criteria as a statutory write-off set out in the\ntechnical guide; or\n(b) for a motorbike or trailer—\n(i) the vehicle has impact damage (excluding scratching) to\nthe suspension and at least 2 areas of structural frame\ndamage; or\n(ii) the vehicle has been burnt to such an extent that it is fit\nonly for wrecking or scrap; or\n(iii) the vehicle has been stripped of all, or a combination of\nmost, interior and exterior body parts, panels and\ncomponents (including, for example, for a motorbike, its\nengine, gearbox, wheels and guards); or\n(c) for a motorbike—\n(i) the vehicle has been fully immersed in salt water for any\nperiod; or\n(ii) the vehicle has been fully immersed in fresh water for more\nthan 48 hours.\ntechnical guide means the Damage Assessment Criteria for the\nClassification of Statutory Write-Offs published by Austroads Ltd\n(ABN 16 245 787 323), as in force from time to time.\n(3) The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply to the technical\nguide.\nNote The technical guide does not need to be notified under the Legislation\nAct because s 47 (6) does not apply (see Legislation Act, s 47 (7)). The\ntechnical guide is accessible at www.austroads.com.au.\n\n","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Who must give written-off vehicle information to road","content":"23 Who must give written-off vehicle information to road\ntransport authority\n(1) Each of the following entities (a designated person) must comply\nwith section 24 in relation to a notifiable vehicle:\n(a) an insurer that assesses the vehicle to be a total loss and writes\noff the vehicle (anywhere in Australia) in the course of the\nbusiness carried on by the insurer;\n(b) a motor wrecker who begins to demolish or dismantle the\nvehicle (anywhere in Australia) in the course of the business\ncarried on by the motor wrecker;\n(c) a dealer who assesses the vehicle to be a total loss and write off\nthe vehicle (anywhere in Australia) in the course of the business\ncarried on by the dealer;\n(d) any other responsible person for the vehicle who assesses the\nvehicle to be a total loss and writes off the vehicle (anywhere in\nAustralia).\nExamples of writing off of vehicles\n1 An insurer who allows a claim for a vehicle for its full insured value.\n2 An insurer who disposes of a vehicle to a person other than the vehicle’s\nregistered operator.\n3 A dealer hands over a vehicle to the vehicle’s insurer.\n4 A person who sells an uninsured vehicle to a motor wrecker.\nNote An entity includes a person, see the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, def entity.\n(2) However, a designated person for a vehicle is not required, or ceases\nto be required, to comply with section 24 in relation to the vehicle\nif—\n(a) another designated person for the vehicle complies with\nsection 24 in relation to the vehicle; or\n\n(b) information about the write-off of the vehicle is, in accordance\nwith the law of the jurisdiction—\n(i) entered by an authorised designated person in an approved\ncorresponding WOVR for the jurisdiction; or\n(ii) given by an authorised designated person to the entity in\nanother jurisdiction that corresponds to the road transport\nauthority for entry in the approved corresponding WOVR\nfor the jurisdiction.\n(3) In this section:\nauthorised designated person means—\n(a) an insurer; or\n(b) any other designated person that is authorised in writing by the\nroad transport authority for this definition.\n","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Information about notifiable vehicles to be given to road","content":"24 Information about notifiable vehicles to be given to road\ntransport authority\n(1) A designated person for a notifiable vehicle commits an offence if the\nperson fails to give the road transport authority, in accordance with\nsubsection (3), the information mentioned in subsection (4) for the\nvehicle.\nNote See s 23 (2) for when this requirement does not apply.\n\n(3) The information for the vehicle must be given to the road transport\nauthority in accordance with any requirements approved by the\nauthority under subsection (5) and—\n(a) if the designated person is a motor wrecker—before the motor\nwrecker disposes of the part or parts of the vehicle on which the\nvehicle identifier is located but, in any event, within 7 days after\nthe day the motor wrecker begins to demolish or dismantle the\nvehicle (or any later period approved by the authority); and\n(b) in any other case—before the designated person disposes of the\nvehicle but, in any event, within 7 days after the day the person\nmakes the decision to write-off the vehicle (or any later period\napproved by the authority).\n(4) For subsection (1), the designated person must give the following\ninformation to the road transport authority:\n(a) the relevant identification information for the vehicle;\n(b) the date the vehicle was written-off;\n(c) if the person is an insurer or dealer—whether the vehicle is a\nrepairable write-off or a statutory write-off;\n(d) the event that resulted in the vehicle being a write-off;\n(e) the location and severity of the damage to the vehicle;\n(f) the person’s name and postal address, telephone and fax\nnumbers and email address (unless the information is given\nelectronically to the authority by the person);\n(g) if a person is providing the information on behalf of the\ndesignated person—the name and address of the person.\n\n(5) The road transport authority may approve requirements for the giving\nof information to the authority under subsection (3).\nExamples of requirements that may be approved\ncodes and terms for describing whether a vehicle is a repairable or statutory\nwrite-off and the location and severity of damage to the vehicle\n(6) An approval under subsection (5) is a notifiable instrument.\n","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Statutory write-offs—duty to attach notice","content":"25 Statutory write-offs—duty to attach notice\n(1) A designated person for a notifiable vehicle commits an offence if—\n(a) the vehicle is a statutory write-off; and\n(b) the vehicle does not have a complying statutory write-off notice;\nand\n(c) the person fails to attach a complying statutory write-off notice\nto the vehicle within the compliance period.\n(3) In this section:\ncompliance period means—\n(a) for a motor wrecker—before the motor wrecker disposes of the\npart or parts of the vehicle on which the vehicle identifier is\nlocated but, in any event, within 7 days after the day the motor\nwrecker begins to demolish or dismantle the vehicle; or\n(b) in any other case—before the designated person disposes of the\nvehicle but, in any event, within 7 days after the day the person\nmakes the decision to write off the vehicle.\n\ncomplying statutory write-off notice means a statutory write-off\nnotice that is—\n(a) for a motor vehicle (other than a motorbike)—attached securely\nto the vehicle in a conspicuous position as close as practicable\nto the vehicle identifier for the vehicle; or\n(b) for a motorbike—attached securely to the motorbike’s frame in\na conspicuous position as close as practicable to the vehicle\nidentifier for the motorbike; or\n(c) for a trailer—attached securely to the trailer’s frame in a\nconspicuous position and, if the trailer has a vehicle identifier,\nas close as practicable to the identifier.\n","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Unauthorised interference with statutory write-off notices","content":"26 Unauthorised interference with statutory write-off notices\n(1) A person commits an offence if the person damages, destroys or\nremoves a statutory write-off notice attached to a vehicle.\n(3) This section does not apply to a person who has a reasonable excuse\nfor damaging, destroying or removing the notice.\nExample of reasonable excuse\nremoving a notice from a vehicle to sell the part to which it is attached\n","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Statutory write-off notice to remain with vehicle","content":"27 Statutory write-off notice to remain with vehicle\n(1) This section applies if—\n(a) a vehicle is a statutory write-off; and\n(b) the vehicle has not been substantially demolished or dismantled\nsince being written off; and\n(c) a statutory write-off notice is attached to a part of the vehicle;\nand\n\n(d) the part is removed from the vehicle.\n(2) The designated person for the vehicle commits an offence if a\ncomplying statutory write-off notice is not attached (or reattached) to\nthe vehicle within 1 day after the day the part is removed from the\nvehicle.\n(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\ncomplying statutory write-off notice—see section 25 (3).\n","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Written-off vehicles—duty to deface vehicle identifier","content":"28 Written-off vehicles—duty to deface vehicle identifier\n(1) A designated person for a notifiable vehicle commits an offence if—\n(a) the vehicle is a statutory write-off; and\n(b) the vehicle identifier for the vehicle is not defaced in accordance\nwith an approved defacement method; and\n(c) the person fails to deface the vehicle identifier in accordance\nwith an approved defacement method within the compliance\nperiod for the person.\n(2) A motor wrecker commits an offence if—\n(a) the motor wrecker begins to demolish or dismantle a notifiable\nvehicle (anywhere in Australia) that is a repairable write-off in\nthe course of the business carried on by the motor wrecker; and\n(b) the vehicle identifier for the vehicle is not defaced in accordance\nwith an approved defacement method; and\n\n(c) the motor wrecker fails to deface the vehicle identifier in\naccordance with an approved defacement method within the\ncompliance period for the person.\n(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.\napproved defacement method, for a vehicle identifier, means a\nmethod approved under section 31 (3).\ncompliance period—see section 25 (3).\n","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"29","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entry of vehicle information in written-off vehicles","content":"29 Entry of vehicle information in written-off vehicles\nregister\n(1) The road transport authority may enter in the written-off vehicles\nregister information for a notifiable vehicle given to the authority\nunder section 24 (Information about notifiable vehicles to be given to\nroad transport authority).\n(2) The road transport authority may, of its own initiative, enter in the\nregister information about a vehicle that the authority believes on\nreasonable grounds is a notifiable vehicle.\n","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Statement of whether vehicle is written-off","content":"30 Statement of whether vehicle is written-off\n(1) A person may apply to the road transport authority for a statement\nwhether a vehicle is recorded in the written-off vehicles register or an\napproved corresponding WOVR as a written-off vehicle.\n(2) If the vehicle is recorded in a register mentioned in subsection (1), the\nstatement must—\n(a) state the time and date of issue of the statement; and\n(b) state the registers searched and the register in which the vehicle\nis recorded; and\n\n(c) state the relevant identification information recorded in the\nregister for the vehicle; and\n(d) state the date recorded in the register that the vehicle was\nwritten-off; and\n(e) if the vehicle is recorded as a repairable write-off or a statutory\nwrite-off—state whether the vehicle is recorded as a repairable\nwrite-off or a statutory write-off; and\n(f) include information to the following effect:\n(i) the register might not include a record of each time the\nvehicle has been written-off;\n(ii) the road transport authority may refuse to register (or to\nrenew the registration of) a vehicle that is recorded as a\nrepairable write-off;\n(iii) the road transport authority cannot register (or renew the\nregistration of) a vehicle that is recorded as a statutory\nwrite-off.\n(3) If the vehicle is not recorded in a register mentioned in subsection (1),\nthe statement must—\n(a) state the time and date of issue of the statement; and\n(b) state the registers searched; and\n(c) state that the vehicle identifier mentioned in the statement is not\nrecorded in the registers searched; and\n(d) include information to the effect that the vehicle may have been\nwritten-off despite it not being recorded.\n(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not limit the matters the road transport\nauthority may include in a statement under this section.\n\n","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Approvals for pt 6","content":"31 Approvals for pt 6\n(1) For this part, the Minister may approve a register of written-off\nvehicles kept under the law of another jurisdiction (an approved\ncorresponding WOVR) as a register that corresponds to the\nwritten-off vehicles register kept under the Act.\n(2) The road transport authority may approve a notice (a statutory\nwrite-off notice) for attaching to a vehicle that is a statutory write-off.\n(3) For section 28 (4), definition of approved defacement method, the\nroad transport authority may approve a method for defacing vehicle\nidentifiers.\n(4) The following are a notifiable instrument:\n(a) an approval under subsection (1);\n(b) a notice approved under subsection (2);\n(c) a statement of a method approved under subsection (3).\n\n","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"3 Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999","content":"Part 1.3 Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999\n(see s 11)\nPart 1.3 Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Act 1999\nitem\n1 10 (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue driver licence\nbecause not satisfied that person’s Australian driver\nlicence or external driver licence has been stolen, lost\nor destroyed\n2 40 (b) road transport authority—refuse issue/renew driver\nlicence because it is practical for applicant to have\nsuitable photograph taken at designated place\n3 40 (b) road transport authority—refuse to accept photograph\nis suitable for use on driver licence\n\nPart 1.4 Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Regulation 2000\nitem\n1 15 (1) (a) road transport authority—refuse to approve pre-learner\nlicence training course provider\n2 15 (1) (b) road transport authority—refuse to approve learner\nlicence training course provider\n3 15 (1) (c) road transport authority—refuse to approve pre-learner\nrider training course provider\n4 15 (1) (d) road transport authority—refuse to approve\npre-provisional rider training course provider\n5 15 (1) (e) road transport authority—refuse to approve heavy\nvehicle driver training course provider\n6 52 (5) road transport authority—refuse to issue probationary\nlicence with interlock condition because not satisfied\nperson has complied with court order under\nsection 73U (4) (Court-ordered therapeutic program)\n7 55 (1) road transport authority—issue/renew, or refuse to\nissue/renew on application, driver licence subject to\nconditions imposed by authority\n8 55 (2) road transport authority—vary/revoke, or refuse to\nvary/revoke on application, condition imposed on\ndriver licence by authority\n9 55 (2) road transport authority—vary driver licence to impose\nconditions to which the licence is subject (other than a\ncondition mentioned in section 50 (Conditions of\nrestricted licences) or section 54 (Conditions of\nprobationary licences))\n10 65 road transport authority—refuse to approve course for\ntraining people to hold public vehicle licences and for\npublic vehicle licensees (a public vehicle training\ncourse)\n\nitem\n11 67 (1) road transport authority—refuse exemption from\ndriver licence eligibility requirement\n12 67 (2) road transport authority—imposition of condition on\ndriver licence issued because of exemption from\neligibility requirement\n13 67 (4) road transport authority—refuse exemption from\nrequirement to successfully complete public vehicle\ntraining course\n14 67 (5) road transport authority—imposition of condition on\nexemption from the requirement to successfully\ncomplete public vehicle training course\n15 69 (3) road transport authority—refuse to dispense with\nrequirement for completed application form for issue\nand certain variations of driver licences\n16 69 (6) road transport authority—require applicant for issue\nand certain variations of driver licences to provide\n17 69 (7) road transport authority—refuse to accept test,\nassessment or evidence obtained in another jurisdiction\nby applicant for issue and certain variations of driver\nlicences\n18 69 (8) (a) road transport authority—require an applicant to\nundergo a medical examination by authorised medical\nreviewer for assessment of applicant’s fitness to hold\ndriver licence or drive a particular class or kind of\nmotor vehicle\n19 69 (8) (b) road transport authority—refer a report or evidence to\noccupational therapist for assessment of applicant’s\n20 69 (8) (c) road transport authority—require applicant to pay for\nassessment under section 69 (8) (a) or (b)\n\nitem\n21 69 (9) road transport authority—require applicant for issue\nand certain variations of driver licences to comply with\nrequirements equivalent to section 69 (5) (h) (which is\nabout treatment of alcohol or drug offenders in another\njurisdiction)\n22 70 (1) road transport authority—refuse application for issue\nof driver licence of the class or kind applied for\n23 70 (1) road transport authority—refuse application for certain\nvariations of driver licences\n24 71 (a) road transport authority—refuse to accept application\nfor issue/certain variations of driver licence and issue\nlicence when applicant is eligible\n25 71 (b) road transport authority—refuse to deal with\napplication for issue/certain variations of driver licence\nas application for class or kind of driver licence for\nwhich person is eligible\n26 73 (2) road transport authority—refuse permission to keep\ncurrent external driver licence\n27 73D (4) (b) road transport authority—refuse to issue probationary\nlicence to person because not satisfied genuine attempt\nmade to enrol in alcohol awareness course and person\nenrolled in course to be completed after\ndisqualification period\n28 73H (1) (b) road transport authority—refuse to grant exemption\nfrom requirement to attend alcohol awareness course\n29 73M (4) (b) road transport authority—refuse to issue probationary\nlicence to person because not satisfied genuine attempt\nmade to enrol in drug awareness course and person\nenrolled in course to be completed after\ndisqualification period\n30 73Q (1) (b) road transport authority—refuse to grant exemption\nfrom requirement to attend drug awareness course\n\nitem\n31 73Y (1) (b) (ii) road transport authority––refuse to end person’s\ncomplied with section 73Y (5) and (6) (which is about\nmaintaining clean driving record in previous 3 months\nand complying with any court order under\nsection 73U (4) (Court-ordered therapeutic program))\n32 73Y (2) (b) (ii) road transport authority––refuse to end person’s\ncomplied with section 73Y (4) (which is about\nmaintaining clean driving record in previous 3 months)\n33 73Y (3) (b) (ii) road transport authority––refuse to end person’s\ncomplied with section 73Y (4) and (5) (which is about\nmaintaining clean driving record in previous 3 months\nand complying with any court order under\nsection 73U (3) (Court-ordered therapeutic program))\n34 73Y (4) (b) (ii) road transport authority—refuse to end person’s\ncomplied with section 73Y (5) (which is about\nmaintaining clean driving record in previous 3 months)\n35 73ZF (1) (b) road transport authority—refuse to grant exemption\nfrom interlock condition\n36 73ZF (2) road transport authority––impose condition on\nexemption from interlock condition\n37 73ZH (2) road transport authority––impose interlock condition\non probationary licence when interlock exemption\nends\n38 73ZL (1) road transport authority––refuse to approve alcohol\nignition interlock device\n39 73ZN (1) (b) road transport authority––refuse to issue approval as\napproved interlock installer or approved interlock\nservice provider\n\nitem\n40 73ZQ (1) road transport authority––impose condition on\napproval of interlock installer or interlock service\nprovider under section 73ZN, or renewal of approval\nunder section 73ZT\n41 73ZQ (2) road transport authority––impose additional conditions\nor vary or revoke condition after approval issued\n42 73ZR (1) (a) road transport authority––issue approval as approved\ninterlock installer or approved interlock service\nprovider for a period less than 3 years\n43 73ZU (1) (b) road transport authority––refuse to renew approval of\napproved interlock installer or approved interlock\nservice provider\n44 73ZV (1) road transport authority––revoke approval of approved\ninterlock installer or approved interlock service\nprovider\n45 78 (2) road transport authority—require person to provide\n46 78 (3) road transport authority—refuse to accept certificate of\nmedical examination conducted in another jurisdiction\n47 78 (4) (a) road transport authority—require a person to undergo\na medical examination by authorised medical reviewer\nfor assessment of person’s fitness to hold driver\nlicence or drive a particular class or kind of motor\nvehicle\n48 78 (4) (b) road transport authority—refer a report or evidence to\noccupational therapist for assessment of person’s\n49 78 (4) (d) road transport authority—require person to pay for\nassessment under section 78 (4) (a) or (b)\n50 78 (5) road transport authority—refuse to accept test,\nassessment or evidence obtained in another jurisdiction\n\nitem\n51 78 (6) road transport authority—require compliance with\nrequirements equivalent to section 78 (2) (h) (which is\nabout treatment of alcohol or drug offenders in another\njurisdiction)\n52 79 (a) road transport authority—require public vehicle\nlicensee to undertake training\n53 85 (3) road transport authority—refuse to dispense with\nrequirement for completed application form for driver\nlicence renewal\n54 85 (5) road transport authority—a decision under\nsection 69 (6) to (9) that is mentioned in items 16 to 21\nand relates to an application to renew a driver licence\n55 85 (8) road transport authority—refuse to renew driver\n56 88 (1) road transport authority—vary/suspend/cancel driver\n57 93 (1) road transport authority—refuse exemption from\nrequirement to hold driver licence/particular class or\nkind of licence\n58 93 (2) road transport authority—impose conditions on\nexemption from requirement to hold driver\nlicence/particular class or kind of licence\n59 103 (1) road transport authority—disqualify holder of\nAustralian driver licence issued by another jurisdiction\nor of an external driver licence licensee from driving\nmotor vehicle on road or road related area\n60 103AA (3) road transport authority—refuse to issue probationary\nlicence with interlock condition to overseas driver\nbecause not satisfied person is eligible\n61 103AA (4) (a) road transport authority—refer a report or evidence to\noccupational therapist for assessment of person’s\n\nitem\n62 103AA (4) (b) road transport authority—require person to pay for\nassessment under section 103AA (4) (a)\n63 104A (2) road transport authority—refuse exemption from\ncompliance with required training for accreditation as\na driving instructor or heavy vehicle driver assessor\n64 104A (3) road transport authority—impose conditions on\nexemption from compliance with required training for\naccreditation as a driving instructor or heavy vehicle\ndriver assessor\n65 106 (1) road transport authority—refuse to approve application\nfor/renewal of accreditation as a driving instructor or\nheavy vehicle driver assessor\n66 107 (3) road transport authority—period of issue of\naccreditation as a driving instructor or heavy vehicle\ndriver assessor\n67 107A road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nfor certificate of accreditation as a driving instructor or\nheavy vehicle driver assessor that has been lost, stolen\nor destroyed\n68 108 (5) road transport authority—not approve way for driving\ninstructor to display certificate of accreditation\n69 108A (2) road transport authority—not approve way for heavy\nvehicle assessor to display certificate of accreditation\n70 112 (3) road transport authority—cancel/suspend accreditation\nas a driving instructor or heavy vehicle driver\nassessor/disqualify from applying for accreditation\n(including suspending or disqualifying for additional\nperiod)\n71 120 (1) road transport authority—require person to provide\n72 120 (2) road transport authority—refuse to accept certificate of\nmedical examination of person conducted in another\njurisdiction\n\nitem\n73 120 (3) road transport authority—refuse to accept test,\nassessment or evidence obtained by person in another\njurisdiction\n74 121 (1) (a) road transport authority—require driving instructor or\nheavy vehicle driver assessor to undertake training\n75 122 road transport authority—not approve course for\ntraining people as driving instructors or heavy vehicle\ndriver assessors\n\nRoad Transport (General) Act 1999 Part 1.5\nPart 1.5 Road Transport (General)\nAct 1999\nitem\n1 29 (2) (b) administering authority for infringement notice\noffence—refuse an application to extend time\n2 31B (1) (b) administering authority—refuse application for\ninfringement notice management plan or addition of\ninfringement notice penalty to infringement notice\nmanagement plan\n3 31B (5) administering authority—amount of instalments\n4 31C (2) (b) responsible director-general—refuse to agree to person\nparticipating in approved community work or social\ndevelopment program\n5 31G (1) (b) administering authority—refuse to allow waiver of\npayment\n6 35 (1) (b) administering authority for infringement notice\noffence—refuse to withdraw infringement notice\n\nPart 1.6 Road Transport (General) Regulation 2000\nPart 1.6 Road Transport (General)\nitem\n1 29 (2) road transport authority—recording a vehicle as\nwritten-off in written-off vehicles register on\nauthority’s own initiative\n\nRoad Transport (Offences) Regulation 2005 Part 1.6C\nPart 1.6C Road Transport (Offences)\nRegulation 2005\nitem\n1 16B administering authority for infringement notice\nmanagement plan—refuse to defer payment under plan\n\nPart 1.7 Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001\nPart 1.7 Road Transport (Public\nPassenger Services) Act 2001\nitem\n1 120 (3) police officer or authorised person—refuse to remove\nnoncompliance notice\n2 120 (3) police officer or authorised person—refuse to direct\nthat noncompliance notice be taken to have been\nremoved\n3 127 Minister—refuse to exempt vehicle or person from Act\nor provision of Act\n\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002 Part 1.8\nPart 1.8 Road Transport (Public\nPassenger Services)\nRegulation 2002\nitem\n1 8 (1) road transport authority—refuse to accredit/renew\n2 9 (1) or (2) road transport authority—refuse to accredit/renew\n3 10 (1) road transport authority—issue/renew accreditation subject to\ncondition imposed by authority\n4 10 (2) road transport authority—amend/revoke condition on\n5 10 (2) road transport authority—refuse to amend/revoke condition on\n6 12 (4) road transport authority—period of accreditation\n7 16 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\ncertificate of accreditation\n8 20 road transport authority—direct accredited person to undertake\ntraining\n9 37 (4) (b) road transport authority—number of seated/standing\npassengers bus permitted to carry\n10 70 (1) (a) road transport authority—appointment of a bus stop by\n11 70 (1) (b) road transport authority—approve/refuse to approve accredited\noperator to appoint bus stops\n12 70R (1) road transport authority—refuse to exempt WTBS\n13 70R (2) (b) road transport authority—exempt WTBS subject to condition\n14 70R (3) road transport authority—end WTBS exemption\n\nPart 1.8 Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002\nitem\n15 70S (1) road transport authority—refuse to approve WTBS’s\nprocedures and rules\n16 73 (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue ITSO approval\n17 74 (b) road transport authority—issue ITSO approval\n18 75 (2) road transport authority—period of ITSO approval\n19 78 (2) or (3) road transport authority—refuse to renew ITSO approval\n20 78 (4) road transport authority—renew ITSO approval subject to\nnew/amended condition\n21 79 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement ITSO\napproval\n22 86 (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue pre-approval\n23 92C (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue taxi licence\n24 92E (1) (b) road transport authority—issue taxi licence subject to\n25 92F (2) road transport authority—period of taxi licence\n26 92J (2) road transport authority—refuse to amend taxi licence\n27 92J (3) road transport authority—amend taxi licence to impose/amend\n28 92L (2) or (3) road transport authority—refuse to renew taxi licence\n29 92L (4) road transport authority—renew taxi licence subject to\n30 92M (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement taxi\n31 95A (1) road transport authority—refuse to exempt taxi from\nrequirement to be fitted with complying taximeter\n32 160 (1) road transport authority—refuse to exempt person from\nrequirement to successfully complete wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi driver training course\n\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002 Part 1.8\nitem\n33 160 (2) road transport authority—exempt subject to conditions from\nrequirement to successfully complete wheelchair-accessible\ntaxi driver training course\n34 161 road transport authority—require person to undertake\napproved wheelchair-accessible taxi driver training course\n35 162 (1) road transport authority—refuse to approve\nwheelchair-accessible taxi driver training course\n36 163 (1) (b) (i) road transport authority—refuse to approve operation of bus as\ntaxi\n37 164B (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue rideshare vehicle\n38 164D (1) road transport authority—issue rideshare vehicle licence\n39 164E (2) road transport authority—period of rideshare vehicle licence\n40 164I (2) road transport authority—refuse to amend rideshare vehicle\n41 164I (3) road transport authority—amend rideshare vehicle licence to\nimpose/amend condition\n42 164K (2) or (3) road transport authority—refuse to renew rideshare vehicle\n43 164K (4) road transport authority—renew rideshare vehicle licence\n44 164N (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement rideshare\nvehicle licence\n45 164N (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement rideshare\nvehicle licence label\n46 167 road transport authority—refuse to issue/renew hire car licence\n47 169 (1) road transport authority—issue/renew hire car licence subject\nto condition imposed by authority\n48 169 (2) road transport authority—amend/refuse to amend hire car\nlicence to impose/amend/revoke condition\n\nPart 1.8 Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002\nitem\n49 175 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement hire car\n50 231 road transport authority—refuse to issue/renew DRS\n51 232 (1) road transport authority—issue/renew DRS authorisation\nsubject to condition imposed by authority\n52 232 (2) road transport authority—amend/refuse to amend DRS\nauthorisation to impose/amend/revoke condition\n53 240 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement DRS\n54 240 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement DRS\n55 269 (5) (a) road transport authority—number of seated/standing\npassengers DRS vehicle permitted to carry\n56 307 (5) road transport authority—refuse to approve way of displaying\ndriver authority card\n57 323 (4) (a) road transport authority—cancel service authority\n58 323 (4) (a) or\n(b)\nroad transport authority—suspend service authority\n59 323 (4) (a), (b),\n(c) or (d)\nroad transport authority—impose/amend condition on service\n60 323 (4) (c) road transport authority—disqualify from applying for service\n61 323 (4) (e) road transport authority—order to pay financial penalty\n62 323 (4) (f) road transport authority—direct to undertake particular\ntraining\n63 323 (4) (f) road transport authority—reprimand\n64 324 (3) road transport authority—immediately suspend service\n\nRoad Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017 Part 1.8A\nPart 1.8A Road Transport (Road Rules)\nitem\n1 151 (3) (b) road transport authority—refuse to approve event\n2 295B (3) road transport authority—refuse to exempt vehicle or\nperson\n3 309A road transport authority—refuse to exempt person\n\nPart 1.9 Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017\nPart 1.9 Road Transport (Safety and\nTraffic Management)\nitem\n1 8 (5) chief police officer—refuse to pay balance of proceeds\nof sale of impounded vehicle\n2 33 (2) road transport authority—refuse to declare person to\nbe parking authority for stated area\n3 64 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue parking\n4 64 (3) road transport authority—impose condition on parking\n5 64 (3) road transport authority—refuse to vary/revoke\ncondition on parking permit\n6 65 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue mobility\nparking scheme authority\n7 65 (2) road transport authority—impose condition on\nmobility parking scheme authority\n8 65 (2) road transport authority—refuse to vary/revoke\ncondition on mobility parking scheme authority\n9 66 (1) road transport authority—cancel parking permit/\nmobility parking scheme authority\n\nRoad Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999 Part 1.10\nPart 1.10 Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Act 1999\nitem\n1 25 (4) (a) police officer or authorised person—issue defect\nnotice\n2 25 (4) (b) police officer or authorised person—impose conditions\non use of defective vehicle\n3 25 (4) (c) police officer or authorised person—prohibit use of\ndefective vehicle\n4 25 (5) police officer or authorised person—refuse to\nwithdraw or clear defect notice\n\nPart 1.11 Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Regulation 2000\nNote An exemption of a person or vehicle under the section from the Act or a\nparticular provision of the Act may be conditional (see Act, s 17 (1)\nand (2)).\nitem\n1 7 (1) road transport authority—suspend operation of\nsection 14 (Vehicles temporarily in the ACT),\nsection 15 (Vehicles registered in another jurisdiction\nby transferred defence force member or eligible family\nmember) or section 16 (Trailers exempt from\nregistration in another jurisdiction)\n2 7 (2) road transport authority—period of suspension of\noperation of section 14, section 15 or section 16\n3 25 (2) road transport authority—refuse to record person\nunder required age as registered operator\n4 26 (1) road transport authority—impose condition on\nregistration of vehicle\n5 26 (2) road transport authority—refuse to register registrable\nvehicle\n6 31 (3) road transport authority—refuse to approve different\nperiod of registration for vehicle\n7 32 (1) road transport authority—refuse to approve application\nfor registration of registrable vehicle\n8 32A (3) road transport authority—refuse to approve application\nfor registration of repairable write-off\n9 32AA (2) road transport authority—refuse to approve application\nfor registration of registrable vehicle as public\npassenger vehicle\n10 33 (1) road transport authority—impose condition on\nregistration of registrable vehicle\n\nitem\n11 33 (2) road transport authority—refuse to conditionally\nregister registrable vehicle\n12 33 (4) road transport authority—vary/cancel condition\nimposed on registration of registrable vehicle\n13 36 (2) (a) road transport authority—refuse to approve dealing in\nrelation to registrable vehicle\n14 36 (2) (b) road transport authority—refuse to record details of\ndealing in register\n15 36 (2) (c) road transport authority—refuse to exercise any other\nfunction in relation to dealing\n16 41 (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nfor damaged registration certificate\n17 42 (4) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nfor registration certificate that has been lost, stolen or\ndestroyed\n18 50 (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue bicycle rack\nnumberplate\n19 52 (1) road transport authority—change registration number\ngiven to registered vehicle\n20 57 road transport authority—cancel prescribed right to\nnon-standard registration number\n21 59 (6) road transport authority—refuse to exempt vehicle or\nperson from section 59 (which is about how\nnumberplates are to be displayed)\n22 59 (6) road transport authority—impose condition on\nexemption from section 59\n23 59 (6) road transport authority—revoke exemption from\nsection 59\n24 61 road transport authority—refuse to approve swap of\nnumberplates between registrable vehicles\n\nitem\n25 62 road transport authority—refuse to transfer\nnumberplates between registrable vehicles\n26 63 road transport authority—refuse to issue different\nregistration number for registrable vehicle\n27 64 (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nnumberplate with same number of numberplate as\ndamaged\n28 65 (5) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nnumberplate with same or different number of lost,\nstolen or destroyed numberplate\n29 65 (6) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nnumberplate for lost, stolen or destroyed bicycle rack\nnumberplate\n30 68 (5) road transport authority—refuse to renew registration\nfor period nominated by registered operator\n31 68 (9) (a) road transport authority—refuse to renew registration\nof vehicle\n32 68 (10) road transport authority—refuse to renew registration\nof statutory write-off\n33 77 (2) road transport authority—refuse to transfer registration\nof registrable vehicle if registered operator has died\n34 77 (3) road transport authority—refuse to transfer registration\nof registrable vehicle to second transferee\n35 77A (4) road transport authority—refuse application to\nre-establish registration of vehicle\n36 78 (1) road transport authority—refuse application to transfer\nregistration of registrable vehicle\n37 78 (2) road transport authority—refuse to transfer registration\nof registrable vehicle if 1 of the parties to the\nregistration has not complied with section in relation to\ntransfer\n\nitem\n38 80 (1) road transport authority—refuse to exempt person\nfrom provision of part 4.2 (Transfer of registration)\n39 80 (1) road transport authority—impose condition on\nexemption from provision of part 4.2\n40 80 (1) road transport authority—revoke exemption from\nprovision of part 4.2\n41 85 road transport authority—suspend/cancel registration\nof registered vehicle\n42 85A (3) road transport authority—refuse application to\nre-establish registration of vehicle\n43 86 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue unregistered\nvehicle permit\n44 86 (1) road transport authority—condition imposed on\nunregistered vehicle permit\n45 86 (5) road transport authority—vary/cancel unregistered\nvehicle permit\n46 88 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue trader’s plate\n47 89 (3) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nplate for recalled trader’s plate\n48 92 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nidentification label for trader’s plate\n49 104 (1) road transport authority—refuse to exempt vehicle,\ncombination or person from provision of section 108\n(which is about vehicle emission control systems) or\nschedule 1\n50 104 (1) road transport authority—condition imposed on\nexemption from provision of section 108 or schedule 1\n51 104 (1) road transport authority—revoke exemption from\nprovision of section 108 or schedule 1\n\nitem\n52 113 road transport authority—refuse to conditionally\nregister vehicle not complying with applicable vehicle\nstandards\n53 114 (1) road transport authority—refuse to authorise person to\ninstall operations plate on, or issue or accept certificate\nof approved operations for, registrable vehicle not\ncomplying with applicable vehicle standards\n54 118 road transport authority—refuse to approve application\nfor authorisation (including renewal) (as authorised\nexaminer) for class of vehicles\n55 125 (1) road transport authority—suspend/cancel authorisation\nor authorisation for class of vehicles/disqualify from\napplying for authorisation/authorisation for class of\nvehicles (including suspending or disqualifying for\nadditional period)\n56 130 road transport authority—refuse to approve application\nfor approval of premises (including renewal) for class\nof vehicles (for vehicle inspections)\n57 136 (1) road transport authority—suspend/cancel approval of\npremises or approval of premises for class of\nvehicles/disqualify from applying for approval of\npremises or approval of premises for class of vehicle\n(including suspending or disqualifying for additional\nperiod)\n58 152 (1) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nfor examiner’s certificate of authorisation that has\nbeen lost, stolen or destroyed\n59 152 (2) road transport authority—refuse to issue replacement\nfor certificate of approval that has been lost, stolen or\ndestroyed\n60 158 road transport authority—refuse to authorise person to\nchange, deface, remove or otherwise interfere with a\ncomponent identification number stamped on or\nattached to a vehicle part\n\nitem\n61 158 road transport authority—revoke an authorisation\n62 160 (3) road transport authority, police officer or authorised\nperson—refuse to clear defect notice\n63 161 road transport authority—refuse to authorise use of\nvehicle with suspended registration on a road or road\nrelated area\n64 161 road transport authority—the place and time of an\n65 161 road transport authority—conditions imposed on an\n66 161 road transport authority—revocation of an\n\nSchedule 2 Reviewable decisions\nPart 2.1 Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017\nSchedule 2 Reviewable decisions\n(see s 12)\nPart 2.1 Road Transport (Safety and\nTraffic Management)\nitem\n10 64 (1) Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of\ntransport authority)—refuse to issue parking permit\n11 64 (1) Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of\ntransport authority)—impose condition on parking\n12 64 (1) Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of\ntransport authority)—refuse to vary/revoke condition\non parking permit\nNote Under s 8 (1), the road transport authority delegates to the Secretary of\nthe Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade its\nfunctions to issue certain parking permits.\n\nFees, charges and other amounts—refund Schedule 3\nFees, charges and other amounts—refund Part 3.1\n","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Fees, charges and other","content":"Schedule 3 Fees, charges and other\namounts—refund\n(see s 14 (1) and (2))\n","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"1 Fees, charges and other","content":"Part 3.1 Fees, charges and other\namounts—refund\nitem\n1 an amount remitted by the Minister under s 13\n2 an amount remitted by the road transport authority under s 13AA\n3 an excess payment\n4 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to an application for the issue,\nrenewal or variation of a driver licence if the application is refused\n5 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to the issue, renewal or variation\nof a driver licence if the licence is issued, renewed or varied in error, is then\ncancelled and the holder of the licence surrenders the licence\n6 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to an application for a driving\ninstructor’s or heavy vehicle driver assessor’s accreditation if the application is\nrefused\n7 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to a driving instructor’s or heavy\nvehicle driver assessor’s accreditation or an accreditation under the Road\nTransport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 if the accreditation is issued in\nerror, is then cancelled and the holder of the accreditation surrenders the\ncertificate of accreditation\n8 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to an application for the\nregistration or renewal of registration of a vehicle if the application is refused\n9 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to the registration or renewal of\nregistration of a vehicle if the vehicle is registered or the registration is\nrenewed in error, is then cancelled and the registered operator surrenders the\ncertificate of registration and numberplates\n\nSchedule 3 Fees, charges and other amounts—refund\nPart 3.1 Fees, charges and other amounts—refund\nitem\n10 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to an application for the approval\nof premises for the inspection and testing of a class of vehicles if the\napplication is refused\n11 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to the approval of premises for\nthe inspection and testing of a class of vehicles if the approval is issued in\nerror, is then cancelled and the proprietor of the premises surrenders the\ncertificate of approval\n12 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to an application for the issue or\ntransfer of a taxi licence, rideshare vehicle licence or hire car licence under the\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 if the application is\nrefused\n13 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to an application for an\naccreditation (other than an application for an accreditation under the Road\nTransport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001), approval, authority,\ncertificate, exemption, permit or anything else not mentioned in items 4 to 12 if\nthe application is refused\n14 a fee, charge or other amount paid by a person in relation to an application to\nwhich item 13 applies if the accreditation, approval, authority, certificate,\nexemption, permit or other thing is given, issued or done in error, is then\ncancelled and anything given to the person by the road transport authority\nbecause of the authority’s decision on the application is surrendered to the\n15 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to a test or assessment of the person’s\ndriving ability by an authorised person if the authorised person cancels the test\nor assessment\n16 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to a test or assessment of the person’s\ndriving ability by an authorised person if the person cancels the test or\nassessment more than 48 hours before the time agreed for the test or\nassessment\n\nFees, charges and other amounts—refund Schedule 3\nFees, charges and other amounts—partial refund using s 15 formula Part 3.2\nPart 3.2 Fees, charges and other\namounts—partial refund using\ns 15 formula\nitem\n1 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to the issue or renewal of a driver\nlicence if the holder of the licence surrenders the licence\n2 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to a driving instructor’s accreditation\nor an accreditation under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services)\nAct 2001 if the certificate of accreditation is surrendered\n3 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to the issue of any of the\nfollowing licences under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services)\nAct 2001 if the licence is surrendered in accordance with that Act:\n(a) a leased hire car licence;\n(b) a transferable leased taxi licence;\n(c) a standard taxi licence;\n(d) a wheelchair-accessible taxi licence\nNote Transferable leased taxi licences are no longer issued by the road\ntransport authority but may continue to operate under the Road\nTransport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002.\n4 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to the registration or renewal of\nregistration of a vehicle if the registered operator surrenders the certificate of\nregistration and numberplates\n5 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to the authorisation of an examiner if\nthe examiner surrenders the certificate of authorisation\n6 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to the approval of premises for the\ninspection and testing of a class of vehicles if the proprietor of the premises\nsurrenders the certificate of approval\n7 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to the registration or renewal of\nregistration of a vehicle if the vehicle is changed so that a fee, charge or other\namount is payable before it can be used\n8 a fee, charge or other amount in relation to the issue of trader’s plates if the\nholder of the plates surrenders the plates\n\nSchedule 3 Fees, charges and other amounts—refund\nPart 3.2 Fees, charges and other amounts—partial refund using s 15 formula\nitem\n9 a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to the issue of a parking permit\nunder the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017 if\nthe permit-holder surrenders the permit\n\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthese regulations.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n• Australia\n• Australian citizen\n• fail\n• function\n• home address\n• Minister (see s 162)\n• provision (see s 16).\nNote 3 Terms used in these regulations have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Road Transport (General) Act 1999 (see Legislation Act, s 148). In\nparticular, the following terms are defined in the Road Transport\n(General) Act 1999, dict:\n• administering authority\n• alcohol awareness course\n• authorised person\n• bicycle\n• combination\n• credit card\n• drug awareness course\n• infringement notice\n• infringement notice offence\n• jurisdiction\n• MAI policy\n• motor vehicle\n• responsible person (see s 10 and s 11)\n• ride\n• road\n• road related area\n• road transport authority (or authority) (see s 16)\n\n• road transport legislation (see s 6)\n• trailer\n• vehicle.\nalcohol ignition interlock device––see the Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Regulation 2000, section 73ZL.\napproved corresponding WOVR, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles\nregister)—see section 31 (1).\napproved interlock installer––see the Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Regulation 2000, section 73S.\napproved interlock service provider––see the Road Transport\n(Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, section 73S.\nauthorised examiner—see the Road Transport (Vehicle\nRegistration) Regulation 2000, section 115.\ndealer, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see the Sale of\nMotor Vehicles Act 1977, dictionary.\ndesignated person, for a notifiable vehicle, for part 6 (Written-off\nvehicles register)—see section 23 (1).\ndriver licence—see the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999,\ndictionary.\nGVM—see the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999,\ndictionary.\nheavy vehicle driver assessor—see the Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Regulation 2000, dictionary.\ninsurer, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see section 20.\ninterlock condition––see the Road Transport (Driver Licensing)\nRegulation 2000, section 73W.\ninterlock exemption––see the Road Transport (Driver Licensing)\nRegulation 2000, section 73ZE.\n\ninterlock period, for a person––see the Road Transport (Driver\nLicensing) Regulation 2000, section 73S.\nmotorbike—see the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nRegulation 2000, dictionary.\nmotor wrecker, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see\nsection 20.\nnon-refundable amount means a fee, charge or other amount, or part\nof a fee, charge or other amount, declared by a determination under\nthe Act, section 96 to be a non-refundable amount.\nnotifiable vehicle, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see\nsection 21.\nparking permit—see the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic\nManagement) Regulation 2017, section 64.\nregistered operator—see the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nAct 1999, dictionary.\nregistration, of a vehicle, means the registration of the vehicle under\nthe Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999.\nrelevant identification information, for a vehicle, for part 6\n(Written-off vehicles register)—see section 20.\nrelevant thing—see section 17 (1).\nrepairable write-off, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see\nsection 20.\nreviewable decision—see the Act, section 90 (1) and also section 11.\nservice authority—see the Road Transport (Public Passenger\nServices) Regulation 2002, section 320.\nstatutory write-off, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see\nsection 22.\nstatutory write-off notice, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—\nsee section 31 (2).\n\nsubject of the refund—see section 14 (4).\ntotal loss, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see the Act,\nsection 83C.\ntrader’s plate—see the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)\nAct 1999, dictionary.\nvehicle identifier, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see the\nAct, section 83B.\nwritten-off vehicle, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles register)—see the\nAct, section 83B.\nwritten-off vehicles register, for part 6 (Written-off vehicles\nregister)—see the Act, section 83B.\n\nAbout the endnotes 1\n","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"About the endnotes","content":"1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abbreviation key","content":"2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nThis regulation was originally the Road Transport (General) Regulations 2000.\nIt was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.\nRoad Transport (General) Regulation 2000 SL2000-13\nnotified 29 February 2000 (Gaz 2000 No S6)\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 February 2000 (IA s 10B)\nremainder commenced 1 March 2000 (s 2 and see Gaz 2000 No S5)\nas amended by\nRoad Transport Legislation Regulations Amendment SL2000-32\nsch 2\nnotified 1 August 2000 (Gaz 2000 No S40)\ncommenced 1 August 2000 (s 1)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2001 A2001-27 sch 4\nnotified 24 May 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 21)\ns 1, s 2 commenced 24 May 2001 (IA s 10B)\nsch 4 commenced 24 May 2001 (s 2)\nLegislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001-44 pt 342\nnotified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)\npt 342 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001\nNo S65)\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 A2001-62\npt 1.11\nnotified 10 September 2001 (Gaz 2001 No S66)\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 September 2001 (IA s 10B)\ncommenced 1 December 2001 (s 2 and CN2001-2)\nRoad Transport Amendment Regulations 2001 SL2001-46 pt 2\nnotified LR 18 October 2001\ns 1, s 2 commenced 18 October 2001 (LA s 75)\npt 2 commenced 1 December 2001 immediately after A2001-62\ncommenced (s 2)\n\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulations 2002 SL2002-2\npt 3\nnotified LR 27 February 2002\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 February 2002 (LA s 75)\npt 3 commenced 1 March 2002 (s 2 and see CN2002-2)\nRoad Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment\nRegulations 2002 SL2002-7 pt 3\nnotified LR 15 April 2002\ncommenced 16 April 2002 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2002 A2002-30 pt 3.69\nnotified LR 16 September 2002\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 19 May 1997 (LA s 75 (2))\npt 3.69 commenced 17 September 2002 (s 2 (1))\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulations 2002 (No 2)\nSL2002-31 pt 3\nnotified LR 31 October 2002\ns 1, s 2 commenced 31 October 2002 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 9 and s 11 commenced 1 November 2002 (s 2 (1))\npt 3 remainder commenced 28 January 2003 (s 2 (2) and see Road\nTransport Legislation Amendment Act 2002, s 13 and CN2002-16)\nUrban Services (Application of Criminal Code) Amendment\nRegulations 2002 SL2003-1 pt 3\nnotified LR 9 January 2003\ns 1, s 2 commenced 9 January 2003 (LA s 75)\npt 3 commenced 28 January 2003 (s 2 (2) and see Road Transport\nLegislation Amendment Regulations 2002 (No 2) SL2002-31, s 12)\nRoad Transport Legislation (Taxi Services) Amendment\nRegulations 2003 (No 1) SL2003-32 sch 2 pt 2.2\nnotified LR 22 September 2003\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 September 2003 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 2 pt 2.2 commenced 23 September 2003 (s 2)\n\nRoad Transport Legislation (Hire Cars) Amendment Regulation 2005\n(No 1) SL2005-4 sch 2 pt 2.2\nnotified LR 7 March 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 7 March 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 2 pt 2.2 commenced 9 March 2005 (s 2 and see Road Transport\n(Public Passenger Services) (Hire Cars) Amendment Act 2004\nA2004-69, s 2 and LA s 79)\nRoad Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment\nRegulation 2005 (No 2) SL2005-22 sch 2 pt 2.1\nnotified LR 15 September 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 15 September 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 2 pt 2.1 commenced 16 September 2005 (s 2)\nCriminal Code Harmonisation Act 2005 A2005-54 sch 1 pt 1.34\nnotified LR 27 October 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 October 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.34 commenced 24 November 2005 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation (Taxi Licences) Amendment\nRegulation 2006 (No 1) SL2006-5 sch 1 pt 1.2\nnotified LR 6 March 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 March 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.2 commenced 7 March 2006 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation (Taxi Licences) Amendment Regulation\n2006 (No 2) SL2006-31 sch 1 pt 1.1\nnotified LR 26 June 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 June 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 2 July 2006 (s 2 and see Road Transport\nLegislation Amendment Act 2006 A2006-26, s 2 and CN2006-12)\nRoad Transport Legislation (Public Passenger Services) Amendment\nRegulation 2006 (No 1) SL2006-32 sch 1 pt 1.2\nnotified LR 26 June 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 June 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.2 commenced 3 July 2006 (s 2 (2))\n\nRoad Transport Legislation (Accreditation and Licensing)\nAmendment Regulation 2006 (No 1) SL2006-59 pt 3\nnotified LR 18 December 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 18 December 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 1 January 2007 (s 2 and CN2006-24)\nRoad Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Act 2008 A2008-1 sch 1 pt 1.7\n(as am by A2008-39 s 4)\nnotified LR 26 February 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 February 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 1 October 2008 (s 2 as am by A2008-39 s 4)\nRoad Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation 2008\n(No 1) SL2008-16 s 6, s 7\nnotified LR 17 April 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 April 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 6, s 7 commenced 18 April 2008 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2008 A2008-28 sch 3 pt 3.52\nnotified LR 12 August 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 12 August 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.52 commenced 26 August 2008 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (General) Amendment Regulation 2008 (No 1)\nSL2008-36\nnotified LR 21 August 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 21 August 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 22 August 2008 (s 2)\nACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment\nAct 2008 (No 2) A2008-37 sch 1 pt 1.92\nnotified LR 4 September 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 4 September 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.92 commenced 2 February 2009 (s 2 (1) and see ACT Civil\nand Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 A2008-35, s 2 (1) and CN2009-2)\n\nRoad Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Amendment Act 2008\nA2008-39\nnotified LR 22 August 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 August 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 23 August 2008 (s 2)\nNote This Act only amends the Road Transport (Third-Party\nInsurance) Act 2008 A2008-1.\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2008 (No 2)\nSL2008-47 sch 1 pt 1.1\nnotified LR 1 December 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 1 December 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 2 December 2008 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2009 (No 1)\nSL2009-6 pt 3\nnotified LR 11 March 2009\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 March 2009 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 16 March 2009 (s 2 and CN2009-7)\nRoad Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Act 2009 A2009-22\nsch 1 pt 1.6\nnotified LR 3 September 2009\ns 1, s 2 commenced 3 September 2009 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.6 commenced 3 March 2010 (s 2 and LA s 79)\nRoad Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Regulation 2010\nSL2010-4 sch 3 pt 3.1\nnotified LR 1 March 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 1 March 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.1 commenced 3 March 2010 (s 2 and see Road Transport\n(Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Act 2009 A2009-22, s 2 and LA s 79)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 2)\nSL2010-7 sch 1 pt 1.2\nnotified LR 16 March 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 March 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\namdt 1.15 commenced 17 March 2010 (s 2 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.2 remainder commenced 7 April 2010 (s 2 (2))\n\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2010 A2010-18 sch 3 pt 3.15\nnotified LR 13 May 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 13 May 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.15 commenced 3 June 2010 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (General) Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 1)\nSL2010-18\nnotified LR 20 May 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 20 May 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 21 May 2010 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 3)\nSL2010-28 pt 3\nnotified LR 30 June 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 31 August 2010 (s 2 (3))\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 4)\nSL2010-33 pt 2\nnotified LR 5 August 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 5 August 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 2 commenced 6 August 2010 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (General) Amendment Act 2010 A2010-39 pt 3\nnotified LR 5 October 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 5 October 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 3, s 12 commenced 1 December 2010 (s 2 and CN2010-16)\npt 3 remainder commenced 5 April 2011 (s 2 and LA s 79)\nRoad Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Legislation Amendment\nAct 2010 A2010-47 pt 6\nnotified LR 25 November 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 25 November 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 137 commenced 25 November 2011 (s 2)\npt 6 remainder commenced 1 December 2010 (s 2 (2) and see Road\nTransport (Alcohol and Drugs) (Random Drug Testing) Amendment\nAct 2010 A2010-27, s 2 and CN2010-15)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2011 A2011-14 pt 4\nnotified LR 11 May 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 May 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 4 commenced 3 June 2011 (s 2 (1) and CN2011-7)\n\nRoad Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation 2011\n(No 1) SL2011-28 sch 1 pt 1.1\nnotified LR 31 October 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 31 October 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 1 November 2011 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Regulation 2011\n(No 1) SL2011-31 s 46, s 47\nnotified LR 17 November 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 November 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 46, s 47 commenced 25 November 2011 (s 2 and see Road\nTransport (Alcohol and Drugs) Legislation Amendment Act 2010\nA2010-47 s 2)\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Amendment\nRegulation 2012 (No 1) SL2012-1 s 7\nnotified LR 19 January 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 19 January 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 7 commenced 1 March 2012 (s 2 and CN2012-5)\nRoad Transport (General) Amendment Act 2012 (No 2) A2012-16\nsch 1 pt 1.2\nnotified LR 15 May 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 15 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.2 commenced 15 November 2012 (s 2 and LA s 79)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2012 A2012-21 sch 3 pt 3.40\nnotified LR 22 May 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.40 commenced 5 June 2012 (s 2 (1))\nRoad Transport (General) (Infringement Notices) Amendment\nAct 2012 A2012-24 sch 1 pt 1.2\nnotified LR 24 May 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 24 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.2 commenced 24 May 2013 (s 2 (2))\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1)\nSL2012-44 pt 3\nnotified LR 19 December 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 19 December 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 20 December 2012 (s 2)\n\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2013 A2013-13 sch 1\npt 1.3\nnotified LR 17 April 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 April 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.3 commenced 24 May 2013 (s 2 (2) and see Road Transport\n(General) (Infringement Notices) Amendment Act 2012 A2012-24\ns 2 (2))\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2013 (No 1)\nSL2013-11 pt 3\nnotified LR 23 May 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 23 May 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 24 May 2013 (s 2 and see Road Transport (General)\n(Infringement Notices) Amendment Act 2012 A2012-24 s 2 (2))\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2013 A2013-19 sch 3 pt 3.39\nnotified LR 24 May 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 24 May 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.39 commenced 14 June 2013 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2013 (No 2) A2013-24\npt 6\nnotified LR 17 June 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 June 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 6 commenced 17 June 2014 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (General) Amendment Regulation 2013 (No 1)\nSL2013-23\nnotified LR 29 August 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 August 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 1 September 2013 (s 2)\nHeavy Vehicle National Law (Consequential Amendments) Act 2013\nA2013-52 pt 9\nnotified LR 9 December 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 9 December 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 9 commenced 10 February 2014 (s 2 and see Heavy Vehicle\nNational Law (ACT) Act 2013 A2013-51, s 2 (1) and CN2014-2)\n\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2014 (No 2)\nSL2014-8 pt 3\nnotified LR 10 June 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 June 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 17 June 2014 (s 2 (2) and see Road Transport\nLegislation Amendment Act 2013 (No 2) A2013-24 s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.50\nnotified LR 27 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.50 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (Taxi Industry Innovation) Legislation Amendment\nRegulation 2016 (No 1) SL2016-20 sch 1 pt 1.2\nnotified LR 26 July 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.2 commenced 1 August 2016 (s 2 (1))\nCommercial Arbitration Act 2017 A2017-7 sch 1 pt 1.6\nnotified LR 4 April 2017\ns 1A, s 1B commenced 4 April 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.6 commenced 1 July 2017 (s 1B and CN2017-1)\nRoad Transport (Road Rules) (Consequential Amendments)\nRegulation 2017 (No 1) SL2017-44 sch 1 pt 1.3\nnotified LR 21 December 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 21 December 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.3 commenced 30 April 2018 (s 2 and see Road Transport\n(Road Rules) Regulation 2017 SL2017-43 s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018 (No 1)\nSL2018-11 pt 2\nnotified LR 28 June 2018\ns 1, s 2 commenced 28 June 2018 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 2 commenced 1 July 2018 (s 2 (1))\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018 (No 2)\nSL2018-16 pt 2\nnotified LR 6 September 2018\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 September 2018 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 5, s 7 commenced 7 September 2018 (s 2 (1))\npt 2 remainder commenced 8 October 2018 (s 2 (2))\n\nMotor Accident Injuries Act 2019 A2019-12 sch 3 pt 3.10\nnotified LR 31 May 2019\ns 1, s 2 commenced 31 May 2019 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.10 commenced 1 February 2020 (s 2 (1) and CN2019-13)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2019 A2019-21 pt 8\nnotified LR 8 August 2019\ns 1, s 2 commenced 8 August 2019 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 8 commenced 22 August 2019 (s 2 (4))\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Regulation 2019\n(No 1) SL2019-29 sch 1 pt 1.1\nnotified LR 12 December 2019\ns 1, s 2 commenced 12 December 2019 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 1 January 2020 (s 2)\nRoad Transport (Offences) Amendment Regulation 2021 (No 1)\nSL2021-10 s 12\nnotified LR 21 June 2021\ns 1, s 2 commenced 21 June 2021 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 12 commenced 1 July 2021 (s 2)\nRoad Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (No 2) A2022-5\nsch 1 pt 1.2\nnotified LR 13 April 2022\ns 1, s 2 commenced 13 April 2022 (LA s 75 (1))\namdt 1.5, amdt 1.6, amdt 1.9 commenced 11 May 2022 (s 2 (2))\nsch 1 pt 1.2 remainder commenced 27 April 2022 (s 2 (1))\nRoad Safety Legislation Amendment Regulation 2024 (No 1)\nSL2024-11 pt 3\nnotified LR 28 June 2024\ns 1, s 2 commenced 28 June 2024 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 1 July 2024 (s 2 (3))\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Regulation 2024\n(No 1) SL2024-30 sch 1\nnotified LR 12 September 2024\ns 1, s 2 commenced 12 September 2024 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 commenced 12 June 2025 (s 2 (2))\n\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 4 pt 4.156\nnotified LR 6 November 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 4 pt 4.156 commenced 5 January 2026 (s 2 (8))\n\nName of regulation\ns 1 am R12 LA\nCommencement\ns 2 om A2001-27 amdt 4.9\ns 3 hdg sub SL2005-4 amdt 2.7\ns 3 am A2001-44 amdt 1.3767\nNotes\ns 4 am A2001-27 amdt 4.10; A2001-44 amdt 1.3768; A2002-30\namdt 3.746\n(2), (3) exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\nOffences against regulation—application of Criminal Code etc\ns 4A ins SL2003-1 s 10\nResponsible people for vehicle\ns 5 am A2012-16 amdt 1.6\nExemptions for traffic marshals—appointment and identity cards\ns 6 hdg bracketed note exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 6 sub SL2002-31 s 10\nam SL2017-44 amdts 1.4-1.6\nAccess to database\ns 7 hdg bracketed note exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 7 om SL2002-31 s 10\nins SL2010-33 s 4\nam SL2017-44 amdts 1.7-1.10\nExemptions for authorised officers—appointment and identity cards—Act,\ns 19 (2)\ns 7A ins SL2024-11 s 7\nDelegation of road transport authority’s functions\ns 8 (2), (3) exp 1 March 2002 (see s 8 (3))\nam A2015-15 amdt 3.199; SL2017-44 amdt 1.11\nIdentifying particulars for authorised people—Act, s 20 (1) (b)\ns 8A ins SL2002-31 s 11\nom A2009-22 amdt 1.17\nContent of suspension notice—Act, s 44 (3) (c)\ns 9 sub SL2002-31 s 11\nom A2009-22 amdt 1.17\nins SL2010-18 s 4\nsub A2010-39 s 12\nom A2012-16 amdt 1.7\n\nContent of fine enforcement notice—Act, s 84 (3) (c)\ns 9A ins SL2010-18 s 4\nsub A2010-39 s 13\nWhen posted notice taken to be given\ns 9B ins SL2010-18 s 4\nam A2012-16 amdt 1.8; A2019-12 amdt 3.90\nSpecimen signature—Act, s 59 (2)\ns 9C ins A2011-14 s 19\nCertificate evidence—Act, s 72 (3)\ns 10 hdg bracketed note exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 10 sub SL2010-18 s 5\nReview of decisions\npt 4 hdg sub A2008-37 amdt 1.438\nInternally reviewable decisions—Act, s 90, def internally reviewable decision\ns 11 sub A2008-1 amdt 1.24; A2008-37 amdt 1.438\nReviewable decisions—Act, s 90A (1), def reviewable decision, par (b)\ns 12 sub A2008-37 amdt 1.438\nRemission of fees, charges and other amounts—Minister\ns 13 hdg bracketed note exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\nsub SL2009-6 s 19\nRemission of fees, charges and other amounts—authority\ns 13AA ins SL2009-6 s 20\nam A2025-29 amdt 4.157\nRounding down of fees\ns 13A ins SL2008-36 s 4\nRefund of fees, charges and other amounts\ns 14 hdg bracketed note exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 14 am A2001-62 amdt 1.34, amdt 1.35; SL2001-46 ss 4-7;\nSL2002-2 s 8, s 9; SL2005-4 amdt 2.8, amdt 2.9; pars renum\nR13 LA (see SL2005-4 amdt 2.10); SL2005-22 amdt 2.1;\nSL2006-5 amdt 1.2; SL2006-31 amdt 1.1; SL2009-6\nss 21-31; ss and pars renum R27 LA; SL2010-28 s 36, s 37;\nA2015-15 amdt 3.200\nDishonour notices\ns 16 hdg bracketed note exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 16 am A2001-27 amdt 4.11, amdt 4.12; A2001-62 amdt 1.36;\nSL2001-46 s 8; SL2002-2 s 10; SL2005-4 amdt 2.11;\nA2008-1 amdt 1.25; pars renum R24 LA; SL2010-28 s 38;\nSL2016-20 amdt 1.14; A2019-12 amdt 3.91; A2022-5\namdt 1.5\n\nSuspension notices\ns 17 hdg bracketed note exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\ns 17 am A2001-27 amdt 4.13; A2008-1 amdt 1.26; A2022-5\namdt 1.5\nRevocation of suspension\ns 18 am SL2010-7 amdt 1.15\nCancellation notices\ns 19 hdg bracketed note exp 17 September 2002 (s 4 (3))\nWritten-off vehicles register\npt 6 hdg ins SL2002-31 s 12\nDefinitions for pt 6\ns 20 ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef approved corresponding WOVR ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef dealer ins SL2002-31 s 12\nam SL2018-16 s 5\ndef designated person ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef insurer ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef motor wrecker ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef notifiable vehicle ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef relevant identification information ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef repairable write-off ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef statutory write-off ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef statutory write-off notice ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef total loss ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef vehicle identifier ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef written-off ins SL2002-31 s 12\ndef written-off vehicles register ins SL2002-31 s 12\nWhat is a notifiable vehicle\ns 21 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nWhen vehicle is a statutory write-off\ns 22 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nsub SL2013-23 s 4\nWho must give written-off vehicle information to road transport authority\ns 23 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nInformation about notifiable vehicles to be given to road transport authority\ns 24 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nam SL2003-1 s 11, s 12; A2005-54 amdts 1.234-1.236;\nA2012-21 amdt 3.156; A2025-29 amdt 4.157\nStatutory write-offs—duty to attach notice\ns 25 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nam SL2005-4 amdt 2.12\n\nUnauthorised interference with statutory write-off notices\ns 26 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nsub SL2003-1 s 13; A2005-54 amdt 1.237\nStatutory write-off notice to remain with vehicle\ns 27 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nWritten-off vehicles—duty to deface vehicle identifier\ns 28 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nEntry of vehicle information in written-off vehicles register\ns 29 ins SL2002-31 s 12\n(3), (4) exp 1 December 2003 (s 29 (4))\nam A2008-28 amdt 3.161\nStatement of whether vehicle is written-off\ns 30 ins SL2002-31 s 12\npars renum R12 LA\nam A2025-29 amdt 4.157\nApprovals for pt 6\ns 31 ins SL2002-31 s 12\nam SL2003-1 s 14; A2012-21 amdt 3.156; A2025-29\namdt 4.157\nTracked vehicle—Act, dict, def vehicle, par (b)\ns 32 ins SL2012-44 s 5\nom A2013-19 amdt 3.422\nInternally reviewable decisions\nsch 1 hdg sub A2008-37 amdt 1.439\nRoad Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977\nsch 1 pt 1.1 om A2010-47 s 136\nRoad Transport (Dimensions and Mass) Act 1990\nsch 1 pt 1.2 om A2009-22 amdt 1.18\nRoad Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000\nsch 1 pt 1.4 am SL2000-32 sch 2; SL2001-46 s 9, s 10; SL2006-59 s 21;\nitems renum R19 LA; A2010-18 amdts 3.47- 3.60; items\nrenum R32 LA; SL2010-28 s 39, s 40, s 42; items renum\nR34 LA; A2010-47 s 137; SL2011-31 s 46, s 47; items renum\nR39 LA; A2013-24 ss 38-40; SL2014-8 ss 34-36; items\nrenum R48 LA; SL2018-11 s 4; items renum R53 LA;\nSL2019-29 amdt 1.1; SL2021-10 s 12; SL2024-30\namdts 1.1-1.4; items renum R63 LA\n\nsch 1 pt 1.5 am SL2001-46 ss 11-14; SL2002-2 ss 11-15\nsub SL2005-4 amdt 2.13\nom A2008-1 amdt 1.27\nins A2012-16 amdt 1.9\nam A2012-24 amdt 1.2; A2013-13 amdt 1.7; items renum\nR44 LA; A2019-21 s 77; items renum R56 LA\nsch 1 pt 1.5A ins SL2002-31 s 14\nom SL2005-4 amdt 2.13\nsch 1 pt 1.6 orig sch 1 pt 1.6 om SL2001-46 s 15\n(prev sch 1 pt 1.7) renum SL2001-46 s 16\nsub SL2005-4 amdt 2.13\nRoad Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Act 2009\nsch 1 pt 1.6A ins A2009-22 amdt 1.19\nom A2013-52 s 48\nRoad Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Regulation 2010\nsch 1 pt 1.6B ins SL2010-4 amdt 3.1\nom A2013-52 s 48\nRoad Transport (Offences) Regulation 2005\nsch 1 pt 1.6C ins SL2013-11 s 5\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001\nsch 1 pt 1.7 orig sch 1 pt 1.7 renum as sch 1 pt 1.6\n(prev sch 1 pt 1.8) renum SL2001-46 s 16\nom SL2002-2 s 16\nins SL2002-2 s 18\nam SL2006-31 amdt 1.2; SL2006-32 amdt 1.2, amdt 1.3; items\nrenum R18 LA (see SL2006-32 amdt 1.4)\nRoad Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002\nsch 1 pt 1.8 orig sch 1 pt 1.8 renum as sch 1 pt 1.7\nins SL2001-46 s 18\nsub SL2002-2 s 18\nam SL2003-32 amdt 2.36; SL2005-4 amdt 2.14, amdt 2.15;\nSL2006-5 amdt 1.3, amdt 1.4; items renum R16 LA (see\nSL2006-5 amdt 1.5); SL2006-31 amdt 1.3, amdt 1.4;\nSL2006-32 amdt 1.5, amdt 1.7, amdt 1.8; items renum\nR18 LA (see SL2006-32 amdt 1.6); SL2010-7 amdt 1.16;\nitems renum R30 LA; A2010-18 amdt 3.61, amdt 3.62; items\nrenum R32 LA; SL2012-1 s 7; items renum R40 LA\nsub SL2016-20 amdt 1.15\nam SL2018-16 s 6\n\nRoad Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017\nsch 1 pt 1.8A ins SL2017-44 amdt 1.12\nRoad Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017\nsch 1 pt 1.9 orig sch 1 pt 1.9 renum as sch 1 pt 1.10\nins SL2001-46 s 18\nom SL2002-2 s 18\n(prev sch 1 pt 1.10) renum SL2002-2 s 17\nitems renum R12 LA\nam SL2005-22 amdts 2.2-2.4; SL2008-47 amdt 1.1; items\nrenum R25 LA\nsub SL2017-44 amdt 1.12\nRoad Transport (Third-Party Insurance) Act 2008\nsch 1 pt 1.9A ins A2008-1 amdt 1.28\nam A2017-7 amdt 1.9\nom A2019-12 amdt 3.92\nRoad Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999\nsch 1 pt 1.10 orig sch 1 pt 1.10 renum as sch 1 pt 1.11\n(prev sch 1 pt 1.9) renum SL2001-46 s 17\nrenum as sch 1 pt 1.9\n(prev sch 1 pt 1.11) renum SL2002-2 s 17\nam SL2002-7 s 17; A2002-30 amdt 3.747\nRoad Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000\nsch 1 pt 1.11 orig sch 1 pt 1.11 renum as sch 1 pt 1.12\n(prev sch 1 pt 1.10) renum SL2001-46 s 17\nrenum as sch 1 pt 1.10\n(prev sch 1 pt 1.12) renum SL2002-2 s 17\nam SL2002-31 s 15, s 16; items renum R9 LA (see SL2002-31\ns 17); SL2008-16 s 6, s 7; items renum R20 LA; A2010-18\namdt 3.63; SL2011-28 amdt 1.1; items renum R38 LA;\nSL2016-20 amdt 1.16; SL2018-11 s 5; items renum R53 LA;\nA2022-5 amdts 1.7-1.9\nRoad Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000\nsch 1 pt 1.12 (prev sch 1 pt 1.11) renum SL2001-46 s 17\nrenum as sch 1 pt 1.11\nReviewable decisions\nsch 2 hdg sub A2008-37 amdt 1.440\nRoad Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017\nsch 2 pt 2.1 sub SL2017-44 amdt 1.13\nFees, charges and other amounts—refund\nsch 3 ins A2015-15 amdt 3.201\nam SL2016-20 amdt 1.17, amdt 1.18\n\nFees, charges and other amounts—partial refund using s 15 formula\nsch 3 pt 3.2 am SL2017-44 amdt 1.14\ndict am SL2008-36 s 5; A2010-18 amdt 3.64; A2012-21\namdt 3.157; A2012-16 amdt 1.10; A2013-19 amdt 3.423;\nSL2017-44 amdt 1.15; A2022-5 amdt 1.10\ndef administering authority om R12 LA\ndef alcohol ignition interlock device ins A2013-24 s 41\ndef approved corresponding WOVR ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef approved interlock installer ins A2013-24 s 41\ndef approved interlock service provider ins A2013-24 s 41\ndef authorised examiner am A2015-15 amdt 3.202\ndef bus service ins A2001-62 amdt 1.37\nom SL2006-32 amdt 1.9\ndef credit card om R12 LA\ndef dealer ins SL2002-31 s 13\nam SL2018-16 s 7\ndef designated person ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef heavy vehicle driver assessor ins SL2010-28 s 41\ndef GVM ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef infringement notice om R12 LA\ndef infringement notice offence om R12 LA\ndef insurer ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef interlock condition ins A2013-24 s 41\ndef interlock exemption ins A2013-24 s 41\ndef interlock period ins A2013-24 s 41\ndef motorbike ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef motor wrecker ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef notifiable vehicle ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef parking permit sub SL2017-44 amdt 1.16\ndef registered operator ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef relevant identification information ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef reminder notice om A2015-15 amdt 3.203\ndef repairable write-off ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef responsible person om R12 LA\ndef responsible person ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef road transport authority om R12 LA\ndef road transport legislation om R12 LA\ndef service authority ins SL2005-4 amdt 2.16\nam SL2006-32 amdt 1.10\ndef statutory write-off ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef statutory write-off notice ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef the Act om A2001-44 amdt 1.3769\ndef total loss ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef trailer ins SL2002-31 s 13\nom R12 LA\n\ndef vehicle identifier ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef written-off ins SL2002-31 s 13\ndef written-off vehicles register ins SL2002-31 s 13\n\nEarlier republications 5\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\n1 not amended 1 March 2000\n2 A2001-44 12 September 2001\n3 A2001-62 1 December 2001\n4 SL2002-2 1 March 2002\n5 SL2002-2 2 March 2002\n6 SL2002-7 16 April 2002\n7 A2002-30 9 October 2002\n8 SL2002-31 1 November 2002\n9* SL2003-1 28 January 2003\n10 SL2003-32 23 September 2003\n11 SL2003-32 2 December 2003\n12 SL2003-32 1 November 2004\n13 SL2005-4 9 March 2005\n14 SL2005-22 16 September 2005\n15 A2005-54 24 November 2005\n16 SL2006-5 7 March 2006\n17 SL2006-31 2 July 2006\n18 SL2006-32 3 July 2006\n19 SL2006-59 1 January 2007\n20 SL2008-16 18 April 2008\n21 SL2008-36 22 August 2008\n22 A2008-39 23 August 2008\n\n5 Earlier republications\n23 A2008-39 26 August 2008\n24 A2008-39 1 October 2008\n25 SL2008-47 2 December 2008\n26 SL2008-47 2 February 2009\n27 SL2009-6 16 March 2009\n28 SL2010-4 3 March 2010\n29 SL2010-7 17 March 2010\n30 SL2010-7 7 April 2010\n31 SL2010-18 21 May 2010\n32 SL2010-18 3 June 2010\n33 SL2010-33 6 August 2010\n34 SL2010-33 31 August 2010\n35 A2010-47 1 December 2010\n36 A2010-47 5 April 2011\n37 A2011-14 3 June 2011\n38 SL2011-28 1 November 2011\n39* SL2011-31 25 November 2011\n40 SL2012-1 1 March 2012\n41 A2012-21 5 June 2012\n42 A2012-21 15 November 2012\n43 SL2012-44 20 December 2012\n44 SL2013-11 24 May 2013\n45 SL2013-19 14 June 2013\n46 SL2013-23 1 September 2013\n47 A2013-52 10 February 2014\n48 SL2014-8 17 June 2014\n49 A2015-15 10 June 2015\n\nEarlier republications 5\n50 SL2016-20 1 August 2016\n51 A2017-7 1 July 2017\n52 SL2017-44 30 April 2018\n53 SL2018-11 1 July 2018\n54 SL2018-16 7 September 2018\n55 SL2018-16 8 October 2018\n56 A2019-21 22 August 2019\n57 SL2019-29 1 January 2020\n58 SL2019-29 1 February 2020\n59 SL2021-10 1 July 2021\n60 A2022-5 27 April 2022\n61 A2022-5 11 May 2022\n62 SL2024-11 1 July 2024\n63 SL2024-30 12 June 2025","sortOrder":39}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation’s scope has expanded since the original 2000 regulation. Notable scope additions include a discrete written‑off vehicles regime (Part 6, ss 20–31) that was inserted after the original enactment (see insertion history in endnotes), new remission powers exercisable by the road transport authority with Ministerial guidelines (s 13AA), and delegated authority to a Commonwealth Secretary to issue certain parking permits (s 8). The Part 6 additions introduce new duties and strict liability offences for insurers, motor wreckers, dealers and other responsible persons to report write‑offs, attach statutory write‑off notices and deface vehicle identifiers (ss 23–28), shifting administrative and operational obligations onto private businesses. These changes expanded the regulation from primarily procedural and evidentiary rules to include a specific regulatory regime addressing written‑off vehicles, inter‑jurisdictional register approvals and technical assessment standards (s 22(2)–(3), s 31)."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross‑references to primary Acts and multiple subordinate road transport regulations and external instruments (e.g. Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999; Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT); Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999) that require checking several texts for definitions and interaction (see dictionary and many schedule entries).","A long Part 6 creating the written‑off vehicles register which ties technical standards, inter‑jurisdictional registers and approved forms/methods together (ss 20–31).","Multiple administrative discretion points: Authority approvals for forms, defacement methods and corresponding WOVRs; Ministerial remission and Authority remission guidelines; delegation of permit functions (ss 8, 13, 13AA, 24(5), 31).","Mixture of civil‑administrative remedies (suspensions, cancellations, refunds) and criminal offences, including several strict liability offences, producing differing standards of proof and compliance risk (ss 16–19, 24–28).","Detailed procedural timing and calculation rules (7‑day reporting windows, 14‑day payment cure windows, refund formula in s 15, rounding rules in s 13A) that require accurate operational systems.","Use of an external technical guide (Austroads) for statutory write-off assessment and an express exclusion of standard legislative notification for that guide, requiring users to consult an external, evolving document (s 22(2)–(3)).","Large schedules listing dozens of individually reviewable and reviewable decisions across many Acts and regulations (Schedules 1–2), which complicates who may seek review and for which decision.","Variable penalty unit valuations for individuals and corporations disclosed at the front of the republished law, meaning monetary exposure depends on offender type and needs external calculation (introductory note)."],"plain_english_summary":"What this regulation does, in plain terms\n\n- This regulation sits under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 and sets detailed administrative, procedural and enforcement rules that the road transport authority (the Authority), the Minister, and regulated persons must follow. It does not create high‑level policy; it prescribes how aspects of the road transport regime are operated and enforced (see whole instrument).\n\nMechanical changes made by the regulation\n\n- Allocates rights and liabilities where more than one person is the responsible person for a vehicle so each person is treated as having the right or duty (s 5).\n- Creates narrow appointment and identity-card exceptions for particular categories of people who direct traffic or exercise limited road‑rule powers (traffic marshals, protective service officers, authorised heavy‑vehicle officers) and sets when and how those people must show identity (ss 6, 7, 7A).\n- Allows delegation of the Authority’s function to issue certain parking permits to the Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (s 8).\n- Prescribes the contents and deemed service rules for enforcement and suspension notices, and when posted notices are taken to have been given (ss 9A, 9B, 17–19).\n- Prescribes evidentiary and procedural details used in enforcement (how to take a specimen signature, what certificate evidence may state) (ss 9C, 10).\n- Lists the decisions that are internally reviewable and reviewable (s 11–12 and Schedules 1–2), so people know which administrative decisions can be reconsidered or externally reviewed.\n- Sets rules about remission, rounding and refund of fees, including a formula for partial refunds and the Authority’s power to approve remission guidelines (ss 13, 13AA, 13A, 14–15 and Sch 3).\n- Establishes an administrative process for dishonoured payments and for suspending or cancelling licences, registrations or authorisations if a cheque or credit‑card transaction is not honoured (ss 16–19).\n- Creates a written‑off vehicles regime: defines which written‑off vehicles must be reported (notifiable vehicles), when a vehicle is a statutory write‑off, who must report, what information must be given and the timing, duties to attach statutory‑write‑off notices, duties to deface vehicle identifiers, offences and penalties, and how the written‑off vehicles register is to be populated and queried (Part 6, ss 20–31).\n\nWhat it is said to aim to achieve (as described in the text)\n\n- The instrument frames operational detail to support road transport law: it aims to secure effective notice and enforcement processes (content and service of notices: ss 9A, 9B), to limit unlawful re‑entry of written‑off vehicles into the market (written‑off vehicle reporting, statutory write‑off notices, defacement: ss 21–29), and to provide administrative remedies (internal/external review in Schedules 1–2) and financial mechanics (refunds, remissions: ss 13, 13AA, 14–15).\n\nHow the rules allocate choices, costs and incentives (test of the claimed purposes)\n\n- Who pays: the direct compliance costs fall on private actors listed in Part 6 — insurers, motor wreckers, dealers and any other responsible person who writes off vehicles — because they must report within set timeframes and may need to attach notices and deface identifiers (ss 23–28). Licence‑holders and applicants pay administrative fees and risk suspension or cancellation where payment instruments are dishonoured (ss 16–19). Individuals and corporations are exposed to monetary penalties for specific breaches; the republished law states the penalty unit values in the front material (penalty unit = $160 individual, $810 corporation at republication date), and many Part 6 offences carry a maximum of 20 penalty units (ss 24, 25, 26, 28). \n\n- Who decides: the Minister retains a residual power to remit fees (s 13) and may approve guidelines for the Authority’s remission power (s 13AA(2)). The road transport authority has broad administrative discretion: it may approve reporting requirements, approve corresponding interstate written‑off vehicle registers, approve the form of statutory write‑off notices and approved defacement methods, enter information into the register on its own initiative, approve remission guidelines, and delegate functions (ss 8, 13AA, 24(5), 29, 31). Many of those approvals are disallowable or notifiable instruments (s 13AA(4); s 31(4)).\n\n- Behavioural effects and incentives: the combination of strict time limits (generally 7 days for reporting or attaching notices—ss 24(3), 25(3), 28(4)), criminal offences designated as strict liability (ss 24(2), 25(2), 26(2), 27(3), 28(3); see also s 24(1)), and financial penalties creates a strong compliance incentive for insurers, wreckers and dealers to report and label written‑off vehicles promptly. The requirement to deface vehicle identifiers before disposal of parts (s 28) reduces the commercial attractiveness of stripping and reselling vehicle parts without traceability, but imposes operational costs on motor wreckers.\n\n- Trade‑offs and opportunity costs: timely reporting, labelling and defacement impose administrative and operational costs on businesses that handle written‑off vehicles (insurers, wreckers, dealers). Those actors may need to change systems and workflows to capture and transmit required data and to retain statutory notices on vehicle parts (ss 23–27). The Authority’s ability to approve corresponding interstate registers (s 31(1)) is intended to reduce duplicate reporting, but it depends on inter‑jurisdictional cooperation and compatible data standards; absent that, the administrative burden remains local.\n\n- Risk of concentrated benefits / diffuse costs: the rules create clearer information for prospective buyers (via statements about register entries—s 30) which benefits consumers and market transparency, while the costs of implementation are concentrated on businesses that write off or dismantle vehicles (ss 23–29). The Authority and Minister gain administrative discretion to manage these systems (s 13AA, s 31), which centralises decision‑making about forms and methods.\n\n- Compliance burden and enforcement discretion: the Authority may set requirements and approve codes or data standards for reporting (s 24(5)), and it can enter records on its own initiative (s 29). This combination means regulated businesses must follow administrative rules that the Authority can change by instrument (s 31(4)). The presence of strict liability offences for reporting/notice failures (ss 24–28) lowers the mental‑fault threshold for conviction and thus increases legal risk for regulated persons.\n\n- Implementation risks: the written‑off vehicle rules rely on an external technical standard for determining statutory write‑offs for motor vehicles (the Austroads Damage Assessment Criteria) and expressly exclude the Legislation Act section that would otherwise require notification for that technical guide (s 22(2)–(3)). That external reference can speed consistent technical application but may complicate oversight and interpretation because the guide is not subject to the same in‑strument notification process (s 22(3)). Cross‑jurisdictional data entry through approved corresponding WOVRs requires coordination (s 31(1)–(2)).\n\nConcrete examples of behaviour changes required by the regulation\n\n- Insurers who write off a notifiable vehicle must pass specified vehicle identification and loss details to the Authority within the prescribed timeframe (ss 23–24).\n- Motor wreckers must not dispose of parts bearing the vehicle identifier until they have reported and—if the vehicle is a statutory write‑off—attached a statutory write‑off notice and defaced identifiers as approved (ss 24(3)(a), 25–28).\n- Holders of driver licences, vehicle registrations and other authorisations risk suspension and cancellation if payments are dishonoured and not remedied within the timelines set out (ss 16–19).\n\nWhere to look in the regulation for key rules\n\n- Liability and co‑responsibility for vehicle responsibilities: s 5.\n- Exceptions for traffic marshals and protective service officers: ss 6–7.\n- Delegation to Commonwealth DFAT Secretary for some parking permits: s 8.\n- Notice content and deemed service of posted notices: ss 9A–9B.\n- Fee remission, rounding and refund mechanics: ss 13, 13AA, 13A, 14–15 and Schedule 3.\n- Dishonour, suspension and cancellation process for payments: ss 16–19.\n- Written‑off vehicles register: definitions and scope (ss 20–21), statutory‑write‑off tests and external technical guide (s 22), reporting duties and timing (ss 23–25), offences and defacement requirements (ss 26–28), register entries and statements (ss 29–31).\n\nNet effect, mechanically: the regulation establishes reporting, labelling and enforcement mechanics for road transport administration, expands the Authority’s toolset for fee management and delegated functions, and creates a written‑off vehicles system with strict timeframes and penalties to support traceability of total‑loss vehicles (see the cited sections above)."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"provider":"moonshot","completionTokens":2720},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally enacted in 2000 as general administrative machinery, the regulation has expanded significantly beyond procedural support. It now incorporates national heavy vehicle law integration (s 7A), establishes a comprehensive written-off vehicle register (Part 6, added 2002) to prevent vehicle 'rebirthing', accommodates modern transport modes such as rideshare and taxi services (extensive references in Schedule 1), and integrates alcohol interlock device programs. It functions less as a simple procedural 'hub' and more as a repository for substantive regulatory schemes spanning vehicle safety, consumer protection and national transport law harmonisation."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to at least 7 other legislative instruments (Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act/Regulation, Vehicle Registration Act/Regulation, Public Passenger Services Act/Regulation, Road Rules Regulation, Heavy Vehicle National Law)","Schedule 1 lists approximately 75+ specific internally reviewable decisions across multiple Acts and Regulations, creating a dense matrix of reviewable administrative actions","Part 6 (Written-off vehicles) incorporates external technical standards by reference (Austroads Damage Assessment Criteria) which are not set out in the legislation itself","Multiple overlapping conditional exemption schemes for traffic marshals (s 6), protective service officers (s 7) and heavy vehicle authorised officers (s 7A), each with distinct identity card and training requirements","Mathematical formula for pro-rata fee refunds requiring calculation of 'days paid for' and 'days remaining' (s 15)","Nested definitional structure where terms are defined by reference to dictionaries in parent Acts or other regulations (e.g., 'driver licence', 'registered operator', 'heavy vehicle')"],"plain_english_summary":"This is an ACT (Canberra) regulation that acts as the ‘rulebook’ supporting the main Road Transport (General) Act 1999. It fills in the operational details for how the territory’s road laws work in practice.\n\n**What it covers**\n\n*   **Who is responsible for a vehicle** — If a car is owned or leased by multiple people, this regulation sets out how authorities can notify them and who must pay fines or comply with obligations.\n\n*   **Special traffic controllers** — It creates exemptions for **traffic marshals** (people directing traffic at events) and **protective service officers** (AFP officers) so they don’t always need to carry special identity cards when giving directions, provided they meet certain conditions.\n\n*   **Heavy vehicle inspectors** — It recognises inspectors appointed under national heavy vehicle laws, allowing them to exercise powers in the ACT without needing separate ACT identity cards.\n\n*   **Fines, fees and refunds** — It explains what happens if you pay a vehicle registration or licence fee by cheque and it bounces: the authority can suspend your licence or registration, and eventually cancel it if you don’t pay within 14 days. It also sets out a mathematical formula for calculating partial refunds when you surrender a licence or registration early, and allows fees to be rounded down to the nearest 10 cents.\n\n*   **Written-off vehicles register** — This is a consumer protection scheme to stop dangerous ‘rebirthed’ cars (stolen vehicles given new identities) from returning to the road. It requires **insurers, motor wreckers and dealers** to notify the government when they write off a car (less than 15 years old). If a car is a ‘statutory write-off’ (too damaged to repair safely), they must attach a warning notice to the wreck and deface the vehicle identifier (VIN/chassis number) so the car can never be re-registered.\n\n*   **Reviewing decisions** — It contains extensive lists (in Schedules 1 and 2) of which decisions can be reviewed internally or by a tribunal, covering everything from refusing a driver licence to cancelling a taxi licence or public passenger accreditation.\n\n**Who it affects**\nAnyone who drives, owns or registers a vehicle in the ACT; motor dealers and insurers; event organisers who use traffic marshals; and businesses that demolish vehicles.\n\n**Why it matters**\nIt prevents unsafe repaired wrecks from being sold to unsuspecting buyers, ensures fair processes for handling dishonoured payments, and clarifies who has legal authority to control traffic on ACT roads."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/road-transport-general-regulation-2000","history":"/api/acts/road-transport-general-regulation-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/road-transport-general-regulation-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/road-transport-general-regulation-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/road-transport-general-regulation-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/road-transport-general-regulation-2000/documents"}}