(1) If the road transport authority approves an application by a person for the variation of a driver licence to include a public vehicle licence of a particular kind to the person, the authority must issue to the person a driver licence that includes that kind of public vehicle licence.
(2) A public vehicle licence is issued to a person subject to the condition that, if the road transport authority requires the person to show that he or she complies with the required medical standards, the person will—
(a) arrange to be examined by a doctor in accordance with the relevant publication mentioned in the definition of required medical standards in subregulation 15 (2); and
(b) give to the authority, within the period required by the authority, a certificate from the doctor certifying—
(i) that the doctor has personally examined the person on a stated date; and
(ii) whether or not the person complies with the required medical standards.
Note 1 It is an offence for the holder of a driver licence to contravene, without reasonable excuse, a condition to which the licence is subject (see reg 60).
Note 2 It is an offence
against the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 for the driver of a
public vehicle to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of
0.02 g/100mL or
more (see s 19 of that Act and the definitions of special driver (s 4B of that
Act) and prescribed concentration (in the dictionary to that Act)).