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House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
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SPOONER JUDGEMENT

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (15:10): My question is to the Attorney-General. Following the accident on 1 June 2006 involving the death of Daniel Raphael, has the Registrar of Motor Vehicles used his powers under section 80 of the Motor Vehicles Act to review Neil Spooner's driving licence and its conditions? Under section 80 of the Motor Vehicles Act, if in the opinion of the registrar it is desirable that the ability or fitness of the holder of a licence to drive a motor vehicle should be tested, the registrar may require the person to undergo such tests or to furnish such evidence of ability or fitness to drive as the registrar directs.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:11): I have asked the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to look at the issue of the standards that apply to people who have some level of impairment and whether those standards at the moment are appropriate. As I was in the process of explaining to the house yesterday, those standards are national standards.

Ms CHAPMAN: Point of order: actually that wasn't my question, but perhaps the minister did not understand. I asked whether he had asked whether a review had been done under section 80, not a review of the standards generally.

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Point of order, Madam Speaker. There is no standing order that allows this member to reprise the question. She needs to take a known standing order, not simply stand up and repeat her question.

The SPEAKER: Minister, are you prepared to answer the question?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: I remind you, Leader of the Opposition, that there are standing orders that allow people to ask questions—97, 98—and how the answers should go. There is no standing order that says, 'If you don't like the way it's going, you just get up and ask it again.' There is no standing order that allows you to do it.

The SPEAKER: Point taken. Minister, can you respond?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I can give the information that I have to hand and, if there is anything I have missed or if I have misunderstood the import of the question, I will come back to the house. What I have done is ask the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to look at with what level of impairment someone should still be allowed to drive and whether those standards are adequate. As soon as that has been done, I will bring the information back to the house. If there is anything that I have missed in the member's question, I will be happy to come back to the house with a full report.

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