Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulationsinsert
64A Authority cards for public vehicle drivers
(1) The road transport authority must issue a public vehicle driver authority card to the holder of a public vehicle licence.
Note A public vehicle driver must display the card while driving a public passenger vehicle for hire or reward (see Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002 , s 307).
(2) The card issued to the person must—
(a) include on one side—
(i) a photograph of the person; and
(ii) a unique authority number for the card; and
(iii) the kind of public vehicle the person is authorised to drive for hire or reward; and
(iv) the card's expiry date; and
Note For par (i), the road transport authority may use the person's photograph that the authority holds for the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999 , s 36 (see s 138AB).
(b) include on the other side—
(i) the person's driver licence number and the first 2 letters of the person's surname; and
(ii) the date the card was issued.
(3) The card's expiry date must not be later than the expiry date of the person's public vehicle licence.
64B Return of public vehicle driver authority card
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a public vehicle driver authority card is issued to a person; and
(b) any of the following events happens:
(i) the person ceases to be authorised to drive a kind of public vehicle stated in the card;
(ii) the person changes the person's name;
(iii) the authority takes action under section 87 (1) (l) in relation to the person's driver licence.
(2) The person must return the card to the road transport authority as soon as practicable (but within 7 days) after the event happens.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.