3AAAmount payable under Act s. 22(5)(c)

3AA. Amount payable under Act s. 22(5)(c)

(1) In this regulation —

GST has the meaning given in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Commonwealth) section 195‑1.

(2) For the purposes of section 22(5)(c), if the vehicle was licensed under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 when the vehicle licence cancellation and disqualification order was made, the alleged offender is to be paid —

(a) an amount calculated in accordance with subregulation (3); and

(b) any amount paid or required to be paid by the alleged offender under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 in connection with the issue of a new vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle, including the following —

(i) any examination fee under Part 2 Division 8 Subdivision 1 of those regulations;

(ii) any recording fee under regulation 99 of those regulations;

(iii) any fee for the issue of number plates under regulation 112 of those regulations;

and

(c) any amount paid or required to be paid by the alleged offender under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 regulation 44(4) in connection with the grant of a permit under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 section 13(1), if the permit is for the purpose of enabling the vehicle to be driven to a location for an examination under those regulations or for repairs; and

(d) if the alleged offender produces to the Registrar documentary evidence of any expenses of the alleged offender for travel, or vehicle towing or lifting, that resulted from the making of the vehicle licence cancellation and disqualification order — an amount that the Registrar considers appropriate to compensate the alleged offender for those expenses; and

(e) if the alleged offender produces to the Registrar documentary evidence of any loss of earnings of the alleged offender that resulted from the making of the vehicle licence cancellation and disqualification order and that could not reasonably have been avoided by the alleged offender — an amount that the Registrar considers appropriate to compensate the alleged offender for the loss of earnings.

(2A) For the purposes of section 22(5)(c), if the vehicle was not licensed under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 when the vehicle licence cancellation and disqualification order was made, the alleged offender is to be paid —

(a) if the alleged offender produces to the Registrar documentary evidence of any expenses of the alleged offender for travel, or vehicle towing or lifting, that resulted from the making of the vehicle licence cancellation and disqualification order — an amount that the Registrar considers appropriate to compensate the alleged offender for those expenses; and