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Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport

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Effectiveness Indicator: Driver licenses issued that comply with the Graduated Driver Training and Licensing system<br />

assessed by independent audit<br />

The Road Traffic Act 1974 (the Act) confers on the <strong>Department</strong> responsibility for licensing the State’s drivers. Section 16 <strong>of</strong> the Road Traffic (Authorisation To<br />

Drive) Regulations <strong>2008</strong> details the requirements prescribed under section 42(2)(c) <strong>of</strong> the Act. Drivers must demonstrate that they are competent to drive a<br />

vehicle through passing theoretical and practical tests, completing the prescribed hours <strong>of</strong> supervised driving and passing a computerised hazard perception<br />

test.<br />

This indicator measures the extent to which licensing <strong>of</strong> drivers is conducted according to processes designed to establish levels <strong>of</strong> competence pursuant to<br />

the provisions <strong>of</strong> the Act and related regulations.<br />

A sample <strong>of</strong> all driver licences issued under the Graduated Driver Training and Licensing System (GDTLS) were reviewed by an independent auditor and the<br />

number <strong>of</strong> licences that complied with the above criteria were recorded and divided by the total number <strong>of</strong> licences assessed. The resulting figure was then<br />

expressed as a percentage.<br />

The simple random sampling method was used to determine the applications selected. One hundred Motor Driver Licences issued were selected at random<br />

for each <strong>of</strong> the periods July-September, October-December, January-March and April-June, giving a total random sample for the year <strong>of</strong> 400 out <strong>of</strong> a total<br />

27,535 licences issued 5 . This sample size provides a confidence interval <strong>of</strong> approximately +/- 4.88 at the 95% confidence level.<br />

Driver licences issued<br />

that comply with the<br />

Graduated Driver Training<br />

and Licensing system<br />

assessed by independent<br />

audit.<br />

2005-06<br />

Actual<br />

2006-07<br />

Actual<br />

2007-08<br />

Actual<br />

<strong>2008</strong>-09<br />

Target<br />

<strong>2008</strong>-09<br />

Actual<br />

71.1% 86% 85% 100% 88.8%<br />

5 Total number <strong>of</strong> driver’s licenses issued relates to ‘C’ and ‘RE’ classes only.<br />

Key Performance Indicators<br />

Reasons for<br />

Significant Variance<br />

Whilst the outcome shows an<br />

improvement on the previous<br />

year due to the refinement<br />

<strong>of</strong> record management<br />

procedures, mandatory<br />

requirements for twenty five<br />

hours <strong>of</strong> supervised driving<br />

and the new six month<br />

waiting period are the main<br />

causes for the variance to<br />

target. These issues are being<br />

addressed resulting with<br />

fewer occurrences in the later<br />

quarters <strong>of</strong> 08/09<br />

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