Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1989
Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1989
Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1989
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Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1989
Public Act |
1989 No 78 |
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Date of assent |
28 September 1989 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1989, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
(2)
This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1989.
2 Application of fees and charges
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 36 (as substituted by section 32(1) of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986), and substituting the following section:
“36
All fees and charges (not being fines or other penalties) received on behalf of the Crown under this Part of this Act shall be paid into the Crown Bank Account and credited to the Land Transport Fund.”
(2)
The State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 is hereby amended by repealing so much of the Schedule as relates to section 36 of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986.
3 National register of drivers’ licences
(1)
Section 45(1)(g) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “section 30, section 30a, or section 32”
, and substituting the words “Part IV or Part V”
.
(2)
Section 45(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph (j), the following paragraph:
“(ja)
Particulars of any revocation or suspension of a driver’s licence entitling a person to drive a transport service vehicle, or any prohibition placed on a person from driving any such vehicle, under section 17 of the Transport Services Licensing Act 1989:”.
4 Medical reports on licence holders
Section 45a(1)(a) of the principal Act (as inserted by section 6 of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1987) is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “specified class”
, the words “, or should only be permitted to drive motor vehicles subject to such limitations as may be warranted by the mental or physical condition of the licence holder”
.
5 Regulations
(1)
Section 48(1)(h) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “particular features”
, the words “or limiting the situations or periods within which vehicles may be driven under the licence”
.
(2)
Section 48(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph (k), the following paragraph:
“(ka)
Providing for the issue and renewal of driver identification cards required by section 19 of the Transport Services Licensing Act 1989 to be held by drivers of small passenger service vehicles and vehicle recovery service vehicles; prescribing the manner of applying for any such cards and any particulars and evidence to be supplied with any application, and the conditions (including conditions requiring the consent of the applicant to checks being made as to any criminal or other record or history of the applicant relevant to whether or not the applicant is a fit and proper person to drive a vehicle being used in the relevant transport service) upon or subject to which those cards may be issued, held, or renewed; and prescribing such other incidental matters in relation to the cards as may be prescribed generally under this section in relation to drivers’ licences:”.
(3)
Section 48(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph (t), the following paragraph:
“(ta)
Providing for the issue, by the Secretary or any person approved by the Secretary, of certificates of knowledge of law and practice relating to any transport service for which such a certificate may be required by section 18 of the Transport Services Licensing Act 1989; and exempting any person or class of person, or any class or description of transport service, from the requirement for such a certificate to be held:”.
(4)
Section 48(2) of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding after paragraph (c) (as added by section 8(2) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1987) the following paragraphs:
“(d)
Approve courses to be completed by applicants for certificates of knowledge of law and practice of any transport service for which such a certificate may be required by section 18 of the Transport Services Licensing Act 1989 (and different courses may be approved in respect of different classes of transport service, and different descriptions of service within any such class); and approve persons or organisations who may conduct such courses:
“(e)
Approve courses to be completed by applicants for or holders of licences who wish to have the licence endorsed to authorise the driving of vehicles carrying hazardous substances where completion of such courses is required by this or any other Act or by regulations made under this Act; and approve persons or organisations who may conduct such courses:
“(f)
Approve courses in map reading and first aid to be completed by applicants for or holders of licences to drive small passenger service vehicles, where completion of such courses is required by this or any other Act or by regulations made under this Act; and approve persons or organisations who may conduct such courses.”
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Transport.
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