Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999

A regulation is to provide for a system of licensing drivers of motor vehicles used on roads or road related areas that provides a way of authorising the driving of motor vehicles on roads and road related areas and identifying people as licensed drivers of motor vehicles.

A regulation may also––

make provision in relation to—

the issue or refusal to issue driver licences; and

the renewal and the refusal to renew driver licences; and

the imposition of conditions on driver licences; and

the replacement of and refusal to replace driver licences; and

make provision in relation to the cancellation, variation and suspension of driver licences; and

fix the periods for which a driver licence or renewal remains in force; and

require the production of information by—

applicants for driver licences or for renewals or variation of driver licences; or

holders of driver licences; and

require the production of information by health practitioners relating to a person’s fitness to drive a motor vehicle; and

make provision in relation to the recognition by the road transport authority of things done under a corresponding law; and

provide that this Act, or a stated provision of this Act, does not apply, or ceases to apply, to people prescribed by regulation; and

provide that people prescribed by regulation are exempt from this Act or a stated provision of this Act; and

allow the road transport authority to revoke, in the way and in circumstances prescribed by regulation, an exemption given under a regulation made for paragraph (h); and

prescribe different classes and kinds of driver licences, grade each class or kind by reference to the driving skills required for the class or kind, and prescribe the eligibility criteria for the issue of each class or kind of licence; and

allow the road transport authority to exempt people from holding a driver licence (whether or not subject to conditions imposed by the authority); and

make provision in relation to the keeping of the driver licence register or demerit points register; and

prescribe the circumstances in which driver licences must be surrendered or returned to the road transport authority; and

make provision in relation to the disclosure of personal information in the driver licence register or demerit points register; and

make provision in relation to competency-based assessment schemes relating to driver licensing; and

require people who are—

applicants for driver licences or for renewal or variation of driver licences; and

holders of driver licences; and

people exempted by regulation from holding a driver licence;

require the holder of an Australian driver licence issued under the law of another jurisdiction to submit to tests or medical or other examinations to assess the person’s fitness to drive in the ACT; and

provide for the disclosure of information about a person’s fitness to drive a motor vehicle to an entity of another jurisdiction that corresponds to the road transport authority; and

make provision in relation to driver training schemes; and

make provision in relation to the accreditation of driving instructors, including the conduct and content of driving instruction and examinations; and

require a person convicted or found guilty of a disqualifying offence, that relates to alcohol, against the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 to complete a course approved by the road transport authority about the effects of alcohol, including its effects on driving and health; and

require a person convicted or found guilty of a disqualifying offence, that relates to a prescribed drug, against the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 to complete a course approved by the road transport authority about the effects of drugs, including their effects on driving and health; and

make provision in relation to the imposition of a condition on a person’s driver licence requiring an alcohol ignition interlock device to be fitted to a motor vehicle driven by the person; and

make provision in relation to court-ordered therapeutic programs for people convicted or found guilty of a disqualifying offence, that relates to alcohol, against the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977; and

make provision in relation to––

the approval by the road transport authority of alcohol ignition interlock devices; and

the provision, installation, testing and maintenance of alcohol ignition interlock devices; and

the approval by the road transport authority of people to provide, install, test and maintain alcohol ignition interlock devices; and

make provision about matters to be dealt with by agreement between the road transport authority and people who provide, install, test and maintain alcohol ignition interlock devices.

The kinds of driver licence that may be prescribed include, but are not limited to, conditional licences, learner licences, probationary licences, provisional licences, public vehicle licences and restricted licences.

For offences in relation to false or misleading statements, information or documents, see the Criminal Code, pt 3.4