(a) the vehicle standards (Australian Design Rules) determined under the MVSA and as amended or replaced from time to time; or
(b) a national road vehicle standard determined under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018, as amended or replaced from time to time;
ancillary certificate means one of the following:
(a) a certificate authorising the holder to provide driving instruction for reward;
(b) a certificate authorising the holder to drive a public passenger vehicle;
articulated for a vehicle, means –
(a) the vehicle consists of a motor vehicle and a trailer; and
(b) the trailer is pivoted to the motor vehicle; and
(c) part of the trailer (not being a pole, drawbar or similar device) is superimposed on the motor vehicle;
Australian driver licence means a licence (including a driver licence receipt) issued under this Act or a corresponding law authorising the holder to drive a motor vehicle;
authorised officer means a person authorised by the Commission under section 9(2) of theTraffic Act 1925 to exercise the power or perform the function in reference to which the expression is used;
combination means a motor vehicle connected to one or more trailers;
Commission means the Transport Commission established under the Transport Act 1981 ;
Consumer Price Index means the Consumer Price Index (All Groups) for Hobart published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics or, if that Index is suspended or discontinued, any index published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that measures price inflation for the household sector in Hobart;
Contracting State means a foreign country that is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic, Geneva, 1949;
contravention includes a failure to comply;
corresponding law means a law of another State or Territory of Australia dealing with either or both the following subjects:
(a) the driving of motor vehicles on roads;
(b) the use of motor vehicles and trailers on roads;
demerit points offence means an offence that attracts a demerit point or demerit points;
demerit points schedule means the prescribed schedule of demerit points offences setting out the number of demerit points attracted by each offence;
demerit points scheme means the scheme established by Division 4 of Part 3;
document includes a metallic, plastic or any other medium on which words, letters, numbers or symbols are written or imprinted;
driver licence means a licence (including a driver licence receipt) issued under this Act that authorises the holder of the licence to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle;
driver licence receipt means a receipt issued after an application for an Australian driver licence and payment of the applicable fee authorising the person in whose favour the receipt is issued to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle;
(b) if it is not specified on the RAV, as specified by the vehicle’s manufacturer on an identification plate on the vehicle; or
(c) if it is not specified on the RAV or an identification plate, or if the specification is not appropriate because the motor vehicle has been modified, as certified by a vehicle registration authority;
(b) if it is not specified on the RAV, as specified by the vehicle’s manufacturer on an identification plate on the vehicle; or
(c) if it is not specified on the RAV or an identification plate, or if the specification is not appropriate because the vehicle has been modified, as certified by a vehicle registration authority;
international driving permit means a permit issued by –
(a) a competent authority of a Contracting State or a subdivision of such a State; or
(b) an association duly empowered by such an authority –
in accordance with the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic, Geneva, 1949;
international visitor means a person who –
(a) is ordinarily resident in a foreign country; and
(b) is not a permanent resident of Australia;
learner licence means a driver licence issued under this Act, or a licence or permit issued under a corresponding law, authorising a person to drive a motor vehicle for the purpose of learning to drive, or demonstrating capacity to drive, a motor vehicle of a particular class;
light vehicle means a motor vehicle or a trailer that is not a heavy vehicle;
(d) a self-propelled lawn or grass mower constructed and used solely for mowing lawn or grass that is not capable of travelling at a speed of more than 10 kilometres an hour; or
(e) a self-propelled wheelchair that is not capable of travelling at a speed of more than 10 kilometres an hour; or
(f) a self-propelled vehicle –
(i) not capable of travelling at a speed of more than 10 kilometres an hour; and
(ii) designed for off-road work in construction, maintenance or warehouse operation; and
national schedule of demerit points means the part of the demerit points schedule set apart as the national schedule of demerit points;
nominated configuration for a heavy vehicle, means the configuration nominated by the registered operator (or the applicant for registration) as the configuration in which the vehicle will be operated for the registration period;
(b) does not meet the specifications of a number plate that is generally issued under this Act on payment of the basic fee prescribed for the issue of number plates;
(a) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the psychology profession; and
(b) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the optometry profession; and
(c) an occupational therapist registered or licensed as such under the law of a State or Territory;
registered operator of a motor vehicle or a trailer means –
(a) the person recorded in the register of motor vehicles and trailers as the person responsible for it; or
(b) if the registration of a motor vehicle or a trailer has expired, or been cancelled, the person last recorded as the registered operator unless that person has notified the Registrar that he or she is no longer responsible for the motor vehicle or trailer;
Registrar means the Registrar of Motor Vehicles;
registration number includes a number, letter, series of numbers or letters or combination of numbers and letters;
restricted driver licence means a driver licence issued by order of an Australian court subject to conditions limiting the circumstances in which the driver is authorised to drive a motor vehicle;
schedule of local demerit points offences means the part of the demerit points schedule set apart for demerit points offences that are included in neither the national schedule of demerit points nor the schedule of recognised interstate demerit points offences;
schedule of recognised interstate demerit points offences means the part of the demerit points schedule set apart for demerit points offences under a corresponding law that are recognised under the regulations;
(b) the Deputy Commissioner, or an Assistant Commissioner, of Police; or
(c) a police officer of or above the rank of inspector;
short term unregistered vehicle permit means a permit authorising the use, on a temporary basis, of an unregistered vehicle on public streets, or a particular public street;
(a) is damaged by collision, fire, flood, accident, trespass, dismantling, demolition or other event to the extent that its fair salvage value plus the cost of repairing the vehicle for use on a public street would be more than the fair market value of the vehicle immediately before the event that caused the damage; or
(b) has been stolen and not recovered; or
(c) is of a class of vehicle prescribed by the regulations to be a total loss;
trade plate means a number plate authorising the use, on a temporary basis, of an unregistered vehicle to which the number plate is attached for the purposes of a trade or business;
use of a motor vehicle or a trailer on a public street includes driving it on a public street and a person who parks or stops a motor vehicle or a trailer on a public street is taken to be using the vehicle on the public street while the vehicle remains parked or stationary (whether or not the person remains on, or in the vicinity of, the vehicle);
[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 71 of 2001, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2002]wheelchair means a vehicle consisting of a chair mounted on 2 or more wheels, or a vehicle of a prescribed kind, constructed to transport a person who is unable to walk or has difficulty in walking but does not include a pram, stroller or trolley;
(2) This Act is to be read together with the Traffic Act 1925 as a single Act and accordingly –
(a) words and expressions used in this Act that are defined under the Traffic Act 1925 (and not in this Act) have, unless the contrary intention appears, the same respective meanings; and
(b) a reference to "this Act" extends, unless the contrary intention appears, to both Acts.