Section 11A of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (4) “by” and substituting “to”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (6) (h) “180ZC (1)” and substituting “180WA (1)”.

After section 102 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“103. Fee paid by dishonoured cheque

“(1) The Registrar shall give a written dishonour notice to a person where the person pays the whole or any part of any of the following fees by cheque and the cheque is dishonoured:

(a) a determined fee payable in respect of the registration or the renewal of registration of a motor vehicle;

(b) a determined fee payable in respect of the examination or inspection of a motor vehicle;

(c) a road rescue fee payable in respect of a motor vehicle;

(d) a determined fee payable in respect of the registration or the renewal of registration of a trailer;

(e) a determined fee payable in respect of the examination or inspection of a trailer;

(f) a determined fee payable in respect of the grant, renewal or extension of a licence;

(g) a determined fee payable in respect of the grant or renewal of a learner licence receipt.

“(2) A dishonour notice shall—

(a) contain a statement to the effect that the cheque was dishonoured; and

(b) indicate the consequences under subsection (3) if the amount of the dishonoured cheque is not paid within 14 days after the date of the notice.

“(3) Where a person who has been given a dishonour notice in accordance with subsection (2) does not pay the amount of the dishonoured cheque within 14 days after the date of the notice, the Registrar shall give the person a written suspension notice and shall suspend—

(a) in the case of a fee referred to in paragraph (1) (a), (b) or (c)—the registration of the relevant motor vehicle;

(b) in the case of a fee referred to in paragraph (1) (d) or (e)—the registration of the relevant trailer;

(c) in the case of a fee referred to in paragraph (1) (f)—the relevant licence; or

(d) in the case of a fee referred to in paragraph (1) (g)—the relevant learner licence receipt.

“(4) A suspension notice shall—

(a) contain a statement to the effect that payment has not been received in accordance with the dishonour notice;

(b) contain a statement to the effect that the Registrar has suspended the relevant motor vehicle registration, trailer registration, licence or learner licence receipt; and

(c) indicate the consequences under subsection (5) if the amount of the dishonoured cheque is not paid within 14 days after the date of the notice.

“(5) Where a person who has been given a suspension notice in accordance with subsection (4) does not pay the amount of the dishonoured cheque within 14 days after the date of the notice, the Registrar shall give the person a written cancellation notice and shall cancel—

(a) in the case of a fee referred to in paragraph (1) (a), (b) or (c)—the registration of the relevant motor vehicle;

(b) in the case of a fee referred to in paragraph (1) (d) or (e)—the registration of the relevant trailer;

(c) in the case of a fee referred to in paragraph (1) (f)—the relevant licence; or

(d) in the case of a fee referred to in paragraph (1) (g)—the relevant learner licence receipt.

“(6) A cancellation notice shall contain a statement to the effect that—

(a) payment has not been received in accordance with the suspension notice; and

(b) the Registrar has cancelled the relevant motor vehicle registration, trailer registration, licence or learner licence receipt.”.

Section 104 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph (2) (c) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(c) refuse to register a motor vehicle or trailer, or cancel or suspend for such period as he or she thinks fit the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer, where—

(i) the vehicle or trailer, or any of the parts or equipment of the vehicle or trailer, does not comply with this Act or the Manual; or

(ii) by reason of its condition, design or construction, the Registrar considers that the vehicle, trailer, part or equipment is likely to be a source of danger or annoyance to the public;”; and

(b) by omitting subsections (6) and (7).

Section 108B of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraphs (1) (b) and (2) (b) “regulations” and substituting “Manual”.

Section 108C of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subparagraph (1) (b) (i) “regulations” and substituting “Manual”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “regulations” and substituting “Manual”.

Section 108E of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (2) “regulations” and substituting “Manual”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (4) (a) “regulations” and substituting “Manual”; and

(c) by omitting from subsection (8) “regulations” and substituting “Manual”.

Section 112A of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“112A. Driving a motor vehicle at traffic lights

Where—

(a) a person driving a motor vehicle on a public street approaches, or stops immediately in front of, traffic lights at a stop line; and

(b) the traffic lights facing the direction opposite to which the motor vehicle is facing are displaying a light of a description specified in the table in subsection 112B (1);

the person shall not drive the motor vehicle so that there is a contravention of the directions specified in that table corresponding to the description of that light.”.

Section 112B of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “For the purposes” to and including “that driver.” and substituting:

“(1) The following table applies for the purposes of section 112A:”;

(b) by omitting from the second column of item 2A of the table in subsection (1) “pedestrian crossing” and substituting “marked footcrossing”;

(c) by omitting from column 3 in each of the following items in the table in subsection (1) “the road marking applicable in relation to the light” and substituting “the relevant stop line”:

Items 1, 2, 2A, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14 and 15; and

(d) by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

“(2) In the table in subsection (1), a reference to the relevant stop line shall be read as a reference to the stop line at, near or below the traffic light referred to in subsection (1).”.

Section 112BA of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraphs (1) (b) and (2) (b) “road marking” and substituting “stop line”.

Section 112F of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “road marking comprising a line marked across or partly across a public street” and substituting “stop line”.

Section 118 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsection:

“(6) The driver of a motor vehicle upon a public street shall not overtake a vehicle which has reduced speed, or has stopped, at—

(a) a marked footcrossing in pursuance of section 112A;

(b) a pedestrian crossing in pursuance of section 126; or

(c) a school crossing in pursuance of section 127.”.

Section 128 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “a road marking comprising a line marked across or partly across the carriageway” and substituting “a stop line”.

Section 149 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

“ ‘multi-bay parking meter' means a parking meter that applies to more than 1 designated parking place;”; and

(b) by omitting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsection:

“(8) A parking meter is to be taken to be near a designated parking place if—

(a) in the case of a parking meter which applies to a single designated parking place—it is alongside and not more than 1 metre from the designated parking place; or

(b) in the case of a multi-bay parking meter—it is the nearest parking meter on the same side of the street in the direction of the arrow marked in or adjacent to the designated parking place under section 163BA.”.

Section 156 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “(3)”.

Section 158 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (1) (j) the following paragraph:

“(ja) within 6 metres of a marked footcrossing;”.

Before section 163B of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Division 7 of Part X:

“163A. Multi-bay parking meter—display of word ‘expired'

In this Division, a reference to the display by a parking meter of the word ‘expired', where it applies to a multi-bay parking meter, is to be taken to include a reference to the display of the word ‘expired' upon the pressing of a button that relates to a particular designated parking place.”.

After section 163B of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“163BA. Multi-bay parking meters

“(1) A designated parking place to which a multi-bay parking meter applies shall be marked—

(a) with a number; and

(b) with an arrow indicating the direction of the parking meter;

in or adjacent to the relevant designated parking place.

“(2) A multi-bay parking meter shall identify by number each designated parking place to which it applies.”.

Section 163F of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of subsection (1) “in respect of that designated parking place”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (2) (b) “in respect of that designated parking place” after “ ‘expired' ” ; and

(c) by omitting from subsection (2) all the words after “subsection (1)”.

Section 163MB of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) “bears” and substituting “bearing”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) all the words after “parked on” and substituting “a designated parking place to which the parking meter applies”; and

(c) by inserting “in respect of that designated parking place” after “operate”.

Section 164 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) “158 (a)” and substituting “158 (1) (a)”.

Section 180NA of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the definition of “relevant demerit points” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘relevant demerit points', in relation to a licence record, means the demerit points incurred by the person who holds, or has held, the licence in relation to offences that have occurred within any period of 3 years, being demerit points that have been recorded on the licence record;”;

(b) by omitting the definition of “register”;

(c) by inserting the following definitions:

“ ‘licence record' means the record kept by the Registrar under section 194 in respect of the grant of a licence or licences to a person;

‘relevant licence record' means—

(a) in the case of a person who is unlicensed—the record relating to the licence most recently held by that person; and

(b) in the case of a person who is licensed—the record relating to that licence.”.

Section 180NB of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) “A holder of a licence” and substituting “A person who has held a licence and does not hold a corresponding licence, or a person who holds a licence,”; and

(b) by omitting from subsection (2) “A holder of a corresponding licence” and substituting “A person who does not hold, and has not held, a licence and does not reside in the Territory, or a person who holds a corresponding licence,”.

Section 180P of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting subsection (1);

(b) by inserting in subsection (2) “under subsection 180NB (1)” after “more demerit points”;

(c) by omitting from subsection (2) “, in relation to that person's licence” and substituting “on the relevant licence record”;

(d) by omitting from subsection (3) “licensee is convicted shall not be made until the licensee's” and substituting “person is convicted shall not be made until the person's”; and

(e) by omitting from subsection (5) “the relevant” (wherever occurring) and substituting “a relevant”.

Section 180Q of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph (1) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b) seek from the interstate Registrar particulars of any demerit points that are recorded by that Registrar against the corresponding licence, including particulars in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this Part; and”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (1) (c) “in the register” and substituting “on the relevant licence record”.

Section 180R of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words after “record” and substituting “on the new licence record the number and relevant details of any demerit points recorded on the previous licence record”; and

(b) by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(3) Where a licence is granted to a person who has held a licence, the Registrar shall record on the new licence record the number and relevant details of any demerit points recorded on the previous licence record.”.

Section 180S of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

“(1) Where a person who holds a corresponding licence incurs demerit points under subsection 180NB (2), the Registrar shall notify the relevant interstate Registrar of—

(a) the date of the commission of the offence in respect of which the demerit points are incurred;

(b) the date of the conviction or payment of the penalty; and

(c) the number of demerit points recorded in respect of each offence.”; and

(b) by omitting from subsection (2) “in the register in relation to a licence” and substituting “on a person's licence record”.

Section 180T of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting before paragraph (1) (a) the following paragraph:

“(aa) a person is the holder of a full licence;”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “in the register in relation to a full licence” and substituting “on the relevant licence record”;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “in relation to that licence” and substituting “on that licence record”;

(d) by omitting from paragraph (1) (c) “in relation to the licence” and substituting “on the licence record”; and

(e) by omitting from subsection (1) “in the register in relation to that licence” and substituting “on that licence record”.

Section 180U of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “Where” to and including “full licence” and substituting “Where a person is a full licensee and 12 or more relevant demerit points are recorded on the relevant licence record”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) sets out the particulars of those demerit points;”; and

(c) by omitting from subsection (6) “register the relevant” and substituting “relevant licence record the”.

Section 180V of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after subsection (1A) the following subsection:

“(1B) The Registrar may, on application and payment of the determined fee, grant a probationary licence to a person for not more that 12 months where—

(a) the person's relevant licence record relates to a full licence;

(b) 12 or more relevant demerit points are recorded on that licence record; and

(c) the person was not the holder of a full licence at the date on which the twelfth such demerit point was incurred.”;

and

(b) by omitting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:

“(5) Upon granting a probationary licence to a person under subsection (1A) or (1B), the Registrar shall delete all relevant demerit points from the relevant licence record.”.

Section 180W of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “Where” to and including “probationary licence” and substituting “Where a person is a probationary licensee and 2 or more relevant demerit points are recorded on the relevant licence record”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) sets out the particulars of the relevant demerit points recorded on that licence record;”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “register” and substituting “former licensee's relevant licence record”.

Section 180X of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “Where” to and including “provisional licence” and substituting “Where a person is a provisional licensee and 8 or more relevant demerit points are recorded on the relevant licence record”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) sets out the particulars of the relevant demerit points recorded on that licence record;”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “register the relevant” and substituting “relevant licence record the”.

Section 180Y of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “Where” to and including “learner licence” and substituting “Where a person is a learner licensee and 12 or more relevant demerit points are recorded on the relevant licence record”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) sets out the particulars of the relevant demerit points recorded on that licence record;”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “register the relevant” and substituting “relevant licence record the”.

Section 180Z of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “Where” to and including “special licence” and substituting “Where a person is a special licensee and 2 or more relevant demerit points are recorded on the relevant licence record”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) sets out the particulars of the relevant demerit points recorded on that licence record;”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “register” and substituting “relevant licence record”.

Section 180ZA of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “Where” to and including “endorsement to a licence” and substituting “Subject to sections 180U and 180X, where a person holds a licence on which there is a provisional endorsement and 4 or more relevant demerit points are recorded on the relevant licence record after the date on which the endorsement was granted”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) sets out the particulars of the relevant demerit points recorded on that licence record;”; and

(c) by omitting from subsection (6) “register” and substituting “relevant licence record”.

Section 180ZC of the Principal Act is relocated after section 180W of that Act and renumbered as section 180WA.

Section 184 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“184. Position of light

Any person who drives on a public street any motor vehicle having a lamp carried at the rear of the vehicle so affixed as to be capable of being extinguished by any person while in or on the vehicle while leaving the headlamp or headlamps of the vehicle lighted shall be guilty of an offence.”.

Section 191R of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (2) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b) a cancellation under section 180U.”.

After section 216 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“216A. Surrender of licence or other thing

Where a provision of this Act requires that a licence or other thing be surrendered, a person is to be taken to have surrendered the licence or other thing for the purposes of the provision if the person satisfies the Registrar that the licence or other thing has been lost, stolen or destroyed or that it is otherwise impracticable in the circumstances to surrender the licence or other thing.”.

Schedule 7 to the Principal Act is amended by inserting after item 61 of Part II the following item:

61A

Section 216A

Failing to be satisfied that a licence or other thing has been lost, stolen or destroyed or that it is otherwise impracticable in the circumstances to surrender the licence or other thing

(1) For the period of 2 years after the date of commencement of section 5 of this Act, paragraph 7A (9) (d) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act does not apply in relation to a motor cycle driven by a learner if, immediately before that date, the learner was the owner of the motor cycle.

(2) For the period of 2 years after the date of commencement of section 6 of this Act, paragraph 7B (22) (c) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act does not apply in relation to a motor cycle driven by a person if, immediately before that date, the person was the owner of the motor cycle.

(3) Where, immediately before the date of commencement of section 28, demerit points have been recorded in the demerit points register in relation to offences by the holder of a driver's licence that have occurred within the period of 3 years before that date, the demerit points are, for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, to be taken to have been recorded on the relevant licence record in relation to the offences.