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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
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27 Minister may give directions
(1) The Minister may give directions to the Registrar in relation to the
general administration of the demerit points scheme under this Part.
(2) Subsection (1) does not authorise the giving, or following, of
directions that relate to the impact of the scheme on a particular
Example
If a traffic infringement detection device is found to be defective, the Minister
might direct the Registrar to delete from the register all demerit points incurred for
offences detected by the device for the period the device was faulty. Even if only
one person's records in the register were affected, such a direction would not
offend subsection (2) because of the direction's general nature.