Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00392:schedule:2:p61
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00392
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 61/84)
Character Range: 313383–316148

licensing authority must not give written notice under this {clause} if the period of validity of the dangerous goods driver licence is less than 4 months. (18.16, amd)

18.3.11  Grounds for cancelling, suspending or varying licences
 (1) A dangerous goods driver licence may be cancelled, suspended or varied if the application for the licence or an application for its renewal:
 (a) did not comply with {this subordinate law}; or
 (b) was false or misleading in a material respect.
 (2) A dangerous goods driver licence may be cancelled or varied if the licensee is unsuitable to continue to be the driver of a road vehicle transporting dangerous goods because:
 (a) the licensee has contravened:
 (i) a provision of the Act or {this subordinate law}; or
 (ii) a provision of the law in force in another participating jurisdiction corresponding to a provision mentioned in subparagraph (i); or
 (b) the licensee has been found guilty by a court in Australia of an offence; or
 (c) the licensee's driver licence is cancelled; or
 (d) the licensee is suffering from a medical condition, or has a physical or mental disability. (18.17)

Division 18.4—Dangerous goods vehicle licences

18.4.1  Meaning of vehicle
  In this Division:
vehicle does not include:
 (a) a prime mover; or
 (b) a converter dolly (within the meaning of clause 10.6 in the Schedule to the Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Standards) Regulations). (18.18)
Note  That clause defines converter dolly as a trailer with 1 axle group or single axle and a fifth wheel coupling, designed to convert a semi‑trailer into a dog trailer.

18.4.2  Applications for licences
 (1) A person may apply to a licensing authority for a dangerous goods vehicle licence for a road vehicle:
 (a) used, or intended to be used, in transporting dangerous goods; and
 (b) for which the person does not hold a dangerous goods vehicle licence.
 (2) The application must include the following information:
 (a) the registration number, make and type of the road vehicle;
 (b) the type of dangerous goods intended to be transported in or on the road vehicle;
 (c) if the applicant holds a dangerous goods vehicle licence for another vehicle—the number of the other dangerous goods vehicle licence.
 (3) If a fee is prescribed for the application, the application must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
 (4) An application may be made for licences for 2 or more road vehicles in the same form. (18.19)

18.4.3  Additional information and inspections
 (1) A licensing authority may, by written notice, require an applicant for a dangerous goods vehicle licence, or for renewal of a dangerous goods vehicle licence, for a vehicle:
 (a) to give to the authority, or to someone nominated by the authority, any additional