Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002
80PSpecial provisions for licences in digital form
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80P Special provisions for licences in digital form
80P Special provisions for licences in digital form
(1) Provisions in this Act, or another Act or law, requiring a licence to be carried or displayed are satisfied if the holder of the licence carries the device on which the digital form of the licence is capable of being displayed.
(2) Provisions in this Act, or another Act or law, requiring a licence to be physically surrendered, lodged or returned do not apply to the digital form of the licence.
(3) If a provision in this Act, or another Act or law, allows the holder of a licence to cancel the licence by physically surrendering, lodging or returning the licence together with a notice—
(a) only the physical form of the licence needs to be surrendered, lodged or returned, or
(b) if the holder of the licence only holds a digital form of the licence, only the notice needs to be submitted.
(4) Provisions in this Act, or another Act or law, requiring or permitting a licence to be physically retained or seized do not extend to the device on which the digital form of a licence is being displayed.
s 80P: Ins 2022 No 2, Sch 1.1.