Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 14) - REG 62

(1)     A person is eligible to apply to the road transport authority for the variation of a driver licence to include a public vehicle licence of a particular kind if the person—

        (a)     satisfies the eligibility requirements set out in subregulation (3) for the kind of public vehicle licence; or

        (b)     is exempted by the road transport authority under regulation 67 (Authority may exempt person from certain eligibility requirements) from an eligibility requirement for the kind of public vehicle licence and satisfies the other eligibility requirements for the kind of public vehicle licence.

(2)     Subregulation (1) is subject to regulation 66 (Eligibility to apply for licence if disqualified or licence suspended).

(3)     The eligibility requirements for a public vehicle licence are—

        (a)     the person is at least 21 years old; and

        (b)     the person has the skills to drive a public vehicle of the kind to which the application relates; and

        (c)     the person is a suitable person to drive a public vehicle of the kind to which the application relates; and

        (d)     the person is medically fit to hold a public vehicle licence; and

        (e)     if the person does not hold a public vehicle licence to drive a public vehicle of the kind to which the application relates—the person has successfully completed an approved public vehicle driver training course for that kind of public vehicle licence within the last year; and

        (f)     for a public vehicle licence for a restricted hire vehicle that is a motorbike—the person holds a provisional or full motorcycle licence, and has held a provisional or full motorcycle licence (or both of them) for at least 1 year; and

        (g)     for a public vehicle licence for a public bus—the person holds, or is eligible to apply for, a provisional or full light rigid vehicle licence or driver licence of a higher class; and

        (h)     for a public vehicle licence to drive any other kind of public vehicle—the person holds a provisional or full car licence or driver licence of a higher class, and has held such a licence for at least 1 year.

Note 1     Under subregulation 68 (1) periods of licence suspension or disqualification are not counted and every other period when the person has, at any time, held a provisional or full motorcycle licence is counted.

Note 2     Under subregulation 68 (2) any period when the person has, at any time, held a probationary motorcycle licence is also counted.

Note 3     Regulation 28 sets out he eligibility requirements for a light rigid vehicle licence or driver licence of a higher class.

(4)       For paragraph (3) (d), a person is medically fit to hold a public vehicle licence if the person has been examined by a doctor within the last 6 months in accordance with the relevant publication mentioned in the definition of required medical standards in subregulation 15 (2) and the doctor certifies that—

        (a)     the doctor has personally examined the person on a stated date; and

        (b)     the person complies with the required medical standards.