Division of Roads Funding; Vicroads To Manage Alcohol Interlocks; Slacker Fatigue Management for Some Bus Drivers; Permit Changes for Oversize Vehicles Crossing Tracks; Conditions of Travel On P.T. Now Set By Transport For Victoria

Transport Legislation Amendment (Better Roads Victoria and Other Amendments) Bill 2018

1st House

2nd House

Law

This Bill was sponsored by Jacinta Allan ( ALP )

This Bill was sponsored by Luke Donnellan ( ALP )

This Bill was sponsored by Jaala Pulford ( ALP )



Effects of Bill:

This bill being passed means that:

A minimum of 33% of Better Roads Victoria funding is guaranteed to outer suburban and interface communities and 33% to regional and rural Victoria;

Alcohol interlock devices to be removed by VicRoads not courts

DUI with police pursuit or car theft will now result in mandatory 6 month alcohol interlock condition period after licence restoration, and these offenders will still need to reapply to court to get their licence back;

fatigue management exemptions for rail replacement buses;

clarified compensation for train drivers involved in fatal accidents;

Responsibility for determining conditions of travel on public transport will be transferred from the Department of Transport to Transport for Victoria.

operators involved in movements across a railway track with a vehicle width of between three and five metres will no longer be required to obtain annual permits, but if they want to drive such over a tram track, they need a permit;


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