Page 49 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 11 February 2020
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My directorate is working to ensure that that is corrected. They are having discussions with some of the driving instructors around town who have provided some of the feedback that Mr Hanson is referring to.
MR HANSON: Minister, why was competency 6, which is steering, for your information, forgotten about?
MR RATTENBURY: Clearly, there was an error.
MR PARTON: Minister, how can such a basic but crucial mistake have been made in the logbook changes process?
MR RATTENBURY: I know that the officials who have been working on this have been very diligent in the efforts that they have put in to bring in this significant reform. It is unfortunate that there was an administrative error there, but it is being worked on to fix it as quickly as possible.
Transport—driver education
MRS KIKKERT: My question is to the Minister for Transport. I refer to the recent changes to the learner permit logbooks. Minister, how did you inform current L and P-platers about the recent changes to the law?
MR RATTENBURY: Madam Speaker, I will take that question, as that lies within my portfolio responsibilities. There has been a range of communications with people coming into this category. As members will recall, there was an extensive discussion about this reform in this Assembly over the past 18 months. There was extensive consultation. We received many thousands of submissions on this. Many students will come to this process through their in-school curriculum and the programs they do at school. When somebody turns up to apply for a licence, there is online information prior to them attending. If they just front up to Access Canberra, they will be given the information upon arrival.
MRS KIKKERT: Minister, how do you expect young people to follow the law if you have not bothered to inform them that it has been changed?
MR RATTENBURY: I do not accept the premise of the question. The rules for getting an L or a P plate in the ACT are very clear. There has been a change, and I am sure, as when there are most changes, some people may not have caught up with that yet. But when they seek to apply, the information is absolutely readily available to them.
MISS C BURCH: Minister, given that current P-platers now have to change over to green plates, why haven’t you informed them of these changes, and is it appropriate that they are first notified of this by police officers when on the roads?
MR RATTENBURY: That is not my understanding of the circumstances, but given the clear issue that Miss Burch has raised, I will take some advice on that and come back to the Assembly.
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