Passenger Transport Act 2014

TfNSW may determine an application for a driver authority by granting or refusing the application.

TfNSW must not grant an application for a driver authority to drive a vehicle used to provide a public passenger service unless it is satisfied that the applicant meets the general standards for an authority or the standards for a current driver.

The general standards for a driver authority are as follows—

that the applicant is at least 20 years of age,

that the applicant is of good repute and is in all other respects a fit and proper person to be the driver of a vehicle used to provide a public passenger service,

that the applicant has demonstrated sufficient responsibility and aptitude to drive the vehicle to which the authority relates in accordance with law and custom and the standards under which the public passenger service operates,

that the applicant holds an unrestricted driver licence (within the meaning of the Road Transport Act 2013) to drive a vehicle to which the authority relates or any other licence to drive the vehicle prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.

The standards for a current driver are as follows—

that the applicant is the holder of a driver authority to drive a vehicle used to provide a public passenger service of the same or a different kind,

that the standards required to be met for the grant of the driver authority are substantially similar to those required for the authority being applied for or the applicant has demonstrated that the applicant meets any additional standards applicable to the driver authority being applied for,

that the applicant is not the subject of any action being taken or proposed to be taken by TfNSW relating to a driver authority held by the applicant.

The regulations may prescribe additional standards that are required to be met for the grant of a driver authority, either generally or in a particular case or class of cases.