Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (General) Concession Determination 2013 
Disallowable instrument DI2013–169
made under the  
Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 96 (Determination of fees, charges and other amounts)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 96 of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 allows the Minister to determine fees, charges and other amounts payable under the ACT road transport legislation.

This disallowable instrument has the effect of determining the method to be used to work out a fee payable by persons eligible for a concession in relation to fees payable for vehicle registration and driver licensing.

Clauses 1 to 3 are formal provisions that deal with the name and commencement of the new instrument, and revoke its predecessor. 

Clause 4 describes the formula to be used to determine the fee payable if a person is entitled to a concession.  The calculated fee is rounded down to the nearest 10 cents to determine the fee payable.

Clause 5 of the disallowable instrument describes how the entitlement to a concession is to apply in relation to a vehicle or other matter, with reference to the table in Schedule 1.  It explains the number of concessions a person is eligible to receive, and how those concessions are to be applied to vehicles.  Some types of concession (such as the concession given to holders of a pensioner concession card) may only be claimed in relation to a single vehicle, while other concessions (for example, the concession for gas or electric powered vehicles) may apply to all such vehicles held by the person claiming the concession. 

Clause 6 sets out definitions used in the instrument.

The table in Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 1 describes the types of concession available for a person’s vehicle registration or driver licence. Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 1 also provide for the level of concession, the type of fee to which the concession relates and the number of concessions that may be granted.

Part 4 of Schedule 1 has been amended to include a concession for safe drivers who have attracted no demerit points, no traffic infringement notices and no court imposed traffic penalties for at least the last five years when renewing their full ACT driver licence.

The safe driver concession also includes a provisional licence holder who has attracted no demerit points, no traffic infringement notices and no court imposed traffic penalties on their ACT provisional driver licence when progressing to a full ACT driver licence.

This determination is a disallowable instrument and must be presented to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after its notification pursuant to section 64 of the Legislation Act 2001.