Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00739:schedule:3:p48
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00739
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 48/63)
Character Range: 132910–135766

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Penalty: $3 000.

Division 3—Bulk driver licences

18.6  Meaning of licence and licensee in Division
  In this Division:
licence means a bulk driver licence;
licensee means the holder of a licence.

18.7  Required driving licence evidence
 (1) The following documents are required as driving licence evidence for an application for grant or renewal of a licence:
 (a) a copy of the applicant's driving licence; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the 2 documents mentioned in subregulation (2); or
 (ii) the authorisation mentioned in subregulation (3).
 (2) For subparagraph (1)(b)(i), the following 2 documents are required:
 (a) a current certified extract of entries about the applicant in the driving licences register kept by the licensing authority of each jurisdiction where the applicant is licensed to drive;
 (b) a copy of the records of any conviction of the applicant for a driving offence certified by the appropriate authority of the jurisdiction where the applicant was convicted.
 (3) For subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), authorisation by the applicant is required for the Competent Authority to have access to:
 (a) entries in the driving licences register about the applicant; and
 (b) records of any conviction of the applicant for a driving offence.
 (4) For paragraph (2)(a), a current certified extract is an extract certified by the licensing authority not more than 6 months before the day when the application is made.

18.8  Required competency evidence
 (1) A document mentioned in subregulation (2) is required as competency evidence for an application for grant or renewal of a licence.
 (2) The document must be either:
 (a) a test or training certificate issued to the applicant; or
 (b) other written evidence that the applicant passed an approved test or completed an approved training course;
not more than 6 months before the day when the application is made.

18.9  Required medical fitness evidence
 (1) The certificate mentioned in subregulation (2) is required as medical fitness evidence for an application for grant or renewal of a licence.
 (2) The certificate must be:
 (a) about the fitness of the applicant to drive a vehicle; and
 (b) issued by a registered medical practitioner who, not more than 6 months before the day when the application is made, examined and passed the applicant in accordance with the required standard.
 (3) For subregulation (2), the required standard is the Medical Examinations of Commercial Vehicle Drivers published by the Federal Office of Road Safety and the National Road Transport Commission.

18.10  Applications for licences
 (1) A person who is not already the holder of a licence or a corresponding bulk driver licence may apply to the Competent Authority for a licence.
 (2) The application must be accompanied by:
 (a) the driving licence evidence required by regulation