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Road Safety (Drugs) Act 2006
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1. Purposes 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Random drug testing extended to "ecstasy" 2
4. Registration and permit fees for heavy vehicles 2
5. New section 103K inserted 3
103K. Transitional provision—Road Safety (Drugs) Act 2006 3
6. Repeal of sunsetting of drug-driving provisions 3
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ENDNOTES 4
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Road Safety (Drugs) Act 2006 †
[Assented to 9 May 2006]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purposes
The purposes of this Act are—
(a) to amend the Road Safety Act 1986—
(i) to include "ecstasy" in the random drug
testing program for drivers;
(ii) to repeal section 95A (application of
ACT heavy vehicle charges)
consequent on the repeal of the Road
Transport Charges (Australian Capital
Territory) Act 1993 of the
Commonwealth;
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(b) to amend the Road Safety (Drug Driving)
Act 2003 to remove the sunset on the
random drug testing program for drivers.
2. Commencement
(1) This Act (except sections 3, 4 and 5) comes into
operation on the day after the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Sections 4 and 5 come into operation on 1 July
2006.
(3) Subject to sub-section (4), section 3 comes into
operation on a day to be proclaimed.
(4) If section 3 does not come into operation before
1 September 2006, it comes into operation on that
day.
3. Random drug testing extended to "ecstasy"
After paragraph (a) of the definition of "prescribed
illicit drug" in section 3(1) of the Road Safety
Act 1986 insert—
"(ab) 3, 4-Methylenedioxy-N-Methylamphetamine
(MDMA);".
4. Registration and permit fees for heavy vehicles
Section 95A of the Road Safety Act 1986 is
repealed.
s. 2
See:
Act No.
127/1986.
Reprint No. 9
as at
25 August
2005
and
amending
Act Nos
19/1991,
111/2003,
110/2004,
21/2005,
24/2005,
93/2005,
95/2005 and
97/2005.
LawToday:
www.dms.
dpc.vic.
gov.au
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5. New section 103K inserted
After section 103J of the Road Safety Act 1986
insert—
"103K. Transitional provision—Road Safety
(Drugs) Act 2006
Despite the repeal of section 95A by
section 4 of the Road Safety (Drugs) Act
2006, the prescribed fee in force immediately
before that repeal in respect of any matter
covered by the following paragraphs—
(a) the registration or renewal of
registration of a vehicle referred to in
section 95A(2)(a);
(b) the grant of a permit to operate a
vehicle, or a combination of vehicles,
referred to in section 95A(2)(c)—
continues in force in respect of that matter
until the commencement of regulations made
on or after the commencement of that
section 4 prescribing an amount as a fee in
respect of that matter.".
6. Repeal of sunsetting of drug-driving provisions
In the Road Safety (Drug Driving) Act 2003—
(a) in section 2(1) omit "(except section 23)";
(b) in section 2(2) omit "(other than
section 23)";
(c) section 2(3) is repealed;
(d) section 23 is repealed.
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s. 5
See:
Act No.
111/2003
and
amending
Act Nos
49/2004,
110/2004 and
24/2005.
Statute Book:
www.dms.
dpc.vic.
gov.au
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ENDNOTES
† Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 1 March 2006
Legislative Council: 2 May 2006
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Road Safety Act
1986 to include "ecstasy" in the random drug testing program for drivers,
to amend the Road Safety (Drug Driving) Act 2003 to remove the
sunset on that program and for other purposes."
Endnotes
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