Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00706:clause:2_16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00706
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 16
Character Range: 55274–57896

16  Tests and medical examinations of licensed drivers
 (1) The driver licensing authority may, by notice in writing, require the holder of a driver licence, within a time specified in the notice:
 (a) to submit to tests of the holder's knowledge of road law and safe driving practices; or
 (b) to submit to tests or assessments of driving ability; or
 (c) to submit to examination by a medical practitioner or allied professional practitioner, or produce evidence of compliance with the medical standards referred to in clause (2), to determine the person's medical fitness to hold a driver licence, or a licence of a particular class; or
 (d) to attend a specified medical practitioner or allied professional practitioner for the purpose of that examination.
 (2) A medical examination required by a notice under this supporting principle must be conducted in accordance with:
 (a) in the case of a driver licence of the class MR, HR, HC or MC—the standards set out in the booklet Medical Examinations of Commercial Vehicle Drivers (November 1994) published by the National Road Transport Commission and the Federal Office of Road Safety and endorsed by the Ministerial Council for Road Transport, as amended from time to time; and
 (b) in the case of a driver licence of the class R, C or LR—one of the following publications, as determined by the driver licensing authority:
 (i) National Guidelines for Determining Fitness to Drive a Motor Vehicle (1988) published by the Commonwealth Department of Transport;
 (ii) Drivers and Riders: Guidelines for Medical Practitioners (1993) published by the Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales;
 (iii) Interim General Driver Licensing Guidelines (1994) published by the Roads Corporation, Victoria;
 (iv) Drivers and Riders—Guidelines for General Practitioners (1995) published by the Department of Transport, Queensland.
 (3) The driver licensing authority may require the holder of a driver licence to provide to it any documents relevant to the holder's medical fitness to hold a driver licence.
 (4) The driver licensing authority must accept, for the purposes of this supporting principle, a certificate, in a form approved by the authority, of the results of a medical examination conducted in another jurisdiction if that examination otherwise complies with this supporting principle.
Note: The application form under clause 4(1) may require an applicant for a medium rigid, heavy rigid, heavy combination or multi‑combination driver licence, or renewal of one of those licences, to complete a questionnaire concerning his or her medical condition and history.