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Road Transport Act 2013
57AInclusion of boat driving licences on driver licences
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#### 57A Inclusion of boat driving licences on driver licences
57A Inclusion of boat driving licences on driver licences
> > (1) The statutory rules may make provision for or with respect to the granting of driver licences under this Act that include boat driving licences (combined licences).
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> > (2) The following provisions apply with respect to a combined licence—
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> > > (a) the combined licence has effect for the purposes of the road transport legislation and marine legislation as both a driver licence and a boat driving licence of the classes or kinds specified on the licence,
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> > > (b) the holder of a combined licence is not excused from any requirement under legislation to carry, produce, deliver or surrender a driver licence or boat driving licence that is included on a combined licence merely because the combined licence also includes another licence to which the requirement is not directed,
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> > > (c) the variation, suspension, cancellation, surrender, confiscation or downgrading of one of the licences included on a combined licence does not of itself affect the validity or continued efficacy of the other licence included on the combined licence,
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> > > (d) a person or body entitled under legislation to confiscate a driver licence or boat driving licence may confiscate a combined licence that includes the licence to which the entitlement relates.
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> > (3) Without limiting subsection (1) or any other relevant statutory rule-making provision, the statutory rules may make provision for or with respect to the following matters—
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> > > (a) the information about boat driving licences to be included on combined licences (for example, licence numbers and codes identifying licence classes and conditions),
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> > > (b) the making of applications for combined licences,
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> > > (c) the surrender of driver licences and boat driving licences to be included on combined licences,
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> > > (d) the issue, replacement, renewal, surrender and confiscation of combined licences,
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> > > (e) the provision of information concerning any of the licences included on combined licences,
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> > > (f) the issue or reissue of boat driving licences or driver licences to replace licences included on combined licences,
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> > > (g) the modification of specified provisions of the marine legislation or road transport legislation in their application to driver licences or boat driving licences that are included on combined licences.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > confiscation includes seizure.
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> > legislation means an Act or statutory rule made under an Act.
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> > marine legislation has the same meaning as in the [Marine Safety Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-121).
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> > modification includes addition, exception, omission or substitution.
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> > relevant statutory rule-making provision means a provision of this Act or the [Marine Safety Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-121) that confers a power to make statutory rules.
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> **s 57A:** Ins 2014 No 38, Sch 1.3 \[7\].