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Regulations 2001
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objectives 1
2. Authorising provision 1
3. Commencement 1
4. Revocation of Transport Accident (Charges) Regulations 1986 2
5. Prescribed periods 2
6. Prescribed times and intervals 4
7. Refund of Transport Accident Charge 6
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STATUTORY RULES 2001
S.R. No. 48/2001
Transport Accident Act 1986
Transport Accident (Administration of Charges)
Regulations 2001
The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy, with the
advice of the Executive Council makes the following
Regulations:
Dated: 29 May 2001
Responsible Minister:
BOB CAMERON
Minister for WorkCover
HELEN DOYE
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are—
(a) to prescribe the periods and times or
intervals for the payment of transport
accident charges in relation to motor vehicles
of specified classes; and
(b) to revoke the Transport Accident (Charges)
Regulations 1986.
2. Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 132 of
the Transport Accident Act 1986.
3. Commencement
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These Regulations come into operation on 1 July
2001.
4. Revocation of Transport Accident (Charges)
Regulations 1986
The Transport Accident (Charges) Regulations
19861 are revoked.
5. Prescribed periods
The following periods are prescribed for the
purposes of section 109 of the Transport
Accident Act 1986 in relation to motor vehicles
of the classes specified—
Item Class of motor vehicle
Prescribed
period
1. Motor vehicles registered under
Part 2 of the Road Safety Act
1986
Period of
registration
2. Motor vehicles registered in
accordance with a national
scheme of vehicle registration
established under an Act of the
Parliament of the
Commonwealth or adopted in
Victoria by Act or Regulations
Period of
registration
3. Motor vehicles that under
regulation 219 of the Road
Safety (Vehicles) Regulations
1999 may be registered for any
period less than 12 months
Period of
registration
4. Motor vehicles conditionally
registered as recreation motor
cycles
12 months
5. Motor vehicles in possession
of, or under the control of, a
person to whom a general
12 months
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Item Class of motor vehicle
Prescribed
period
identification mark has been
assigned under regulation 305
of the Road Safety (Vehicles)
Regulations 1999
6. Motor vehicles in respect of
which a club permit has been
granted under regulation 309 of
the Road Safety (Vehicles)
Regulations 1999
12 months
7. Motor vehicles in respect of
which a short term unregistered
vehicle permit has been granted
under regulation 302 of the
Road Safety (Vehicles)
Regulations 1999
Period of validity
of permit
8. Motor vehicles—
(a) that are not registered in
accordance with the Road
Safety Act 1986 because
they are exempt from
registration in accordance
with Part 2 of the Act or
the Road Safety (Vehicles)
Regulations 1999 as
visiting overseas motor
vehicles; and
Period
commencing on
arrival in Victoria
and ending on the
date the motor
vehicle ceases to
be entitled to be
insured in
Victoria
(b) whose owners and drivers
are not insured under a
contract of insurance in
accordance with the law of
another State or Territory
against liability in respect
of death or injury to any
person caused by or
Item Class of motor vehicle
Prescribed
period
arising out of the use of
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the motor vehicles in
Victoria
9. Motor vehicles that are not
registered under the Road
Safety Act 1986 and are not
otherwise mentioned in this
table
12 months
6. Prescribed times and intervals
The following times or intervals are prescribed for
the purposes of section 109 of the Transport
Accident Act 1986 in relation to motor vehicles
of the classes specified—
Item Class of motor vehicle
Prescribed times
or intervals
1. Motor vehicles registered under
Part 2 of the Road Safety Act
1986
On or before
registration or
renewal of
registration
2. Motor vehicles registered in
accordance with a national
scheme of vehicle registration
established under an Act of the
Parliament of the
Commonwealth or adopted in
Victoria by Act or Regulations
On or before
registration or
renewal of
registration
3. Motor vehicles that under
regulation 219 of the Road
Safety (Vehicles) Regulations
1999 may be registered for any
period less than 12 months
On or before
registration or
renewal of
registration
4. Motor vehicles conditionally
registered as recreation motor
cycles
On or before
registration or
renewal of
registration
5. Motor vehicles in possession
of, or under the control of, a
person to whom a general
identification mark has been
assigned under regulation 305
On or before the
issuing or
renewal of the
general
identification
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Item Class of motor vehicle
Prescribed times
or intervals
of the Road Safety (Vehicles)
Regulations 1999
mark
6. Motor vehicles in respect of
which a club permit has been
granted under regulation 309 of
the Road Safety (Vehicles)
Regulations 1999
On or before the
granting or
renewal of the
permit
7. Motor vehicles in respect of
which a short term unregistered
vehicle permit has been granted
under regulation 302 of the
Road Safety (Vehicles)
Regulations 1999
On or before the
granting of the
permit
8. Motor vehicles—
(a) that are not registered in
accordance with the Road
Safety Act 1986 because
they are exempt from
registration in accordance
with Part 2 of the Act or
the Road Safety (Vehicles)
Regulations 1999 as
visiting overseas motor
vehicles; and
(b) whose owners and drivers
are not insured under a
contract of insurance in
accordance with the law of
another State or Territory
against liability in respect
of death or injury to any
person caused by or
On or before
arrival in Victoria
Item Class of motor vehicle
Prescribed times
or intervals
arising out of the use of
the motor vehicles in
Victoria
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9. Motor vehicles that are not
registered under the Road
Safety Act 1986 and are not
otherwise mentioned in this
table
On the date the
motor vehicle is
acquired and on
each anniversary
of that date
7. Refund of Transport Accident Charge
(1) If the registration of a motor vehicle is cancelled
and a transport accident charge is no longer
required to be paid in respect of that motor
vehicle, the amount of the refund payable to the
owner of the motor vehicle for the prescribed
period related to that registration is the amount
calculated, in accordance with the formula—
C
B
A
100
90 × ×
where—
A is the amount of the transport accident
charge paid, including duty payable under
the Duties Act 2000 in respect of the
prescribed period;
B is the number of days remaining in the
relevant prescribed period at the time of the
cancellation of the registration;
C is the number of days in the prescribed
period.
(2) In sub-regulation (1), a reference to the
registration of a motor vehicle includes
registration in accordance with a national scheme
of vehicle registration established under an Act of
the Parliament of the Commonwealth or adopted
in Victoria by Act or Regulations.
(3) Sub-regulation (1) applies to a motor vehicle that
is not registered under the Road Safety Act 1986
and in respect of which a transport accident
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charge has been paid for the prescribed period if
the motor vehicle is disposed of or destroyed as
though—
(a) a reference to the cancellation of registration
is a reference to the disposal or destruction
of the motor vehicle; and
(b) a reference to the registration of the vehicle
is a reference to the ownership of the
vehicle.
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 358/1986. Reprint No. 3 as at 19 January 1999 and
subsequently amended by S.R. No. 66/1999.
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