Road Transport Act 2013

The establishment and administration of a system of licensing drivers of motor vehicles that are used on roads that—

provides a means of authorising the driving of motor vehicles on roads, and

enables the identification of persons as licensed drivers of motor vehicles.

Without limiting subclause (1), the making of provision for—

the issue or refusal to issue driver licences and renewal of driver licences or refusal of renewal, and for the imposition of conditions on driver licences, and for the replacement of and refusal to replace driver licences, and

the cancellation, variation and suspension of driver licences, and

the fixing of the periods for which a driver licence or renewal remains in force, and

requiring the production of specified information by—

applicants for driver licences or the renewal or variation of driver licences, or

holders of driver licences, and

the recognition by Transport for NSW of things done under a corresponding driver law in relation to driver licensing, and

different classes of driver licences (including, but not limited to, conditional licences, provisional licences and learner licences), and grading each class by reference to the driving skills required for each class, and the eligibility criteria for the issue of each class of licence, and

the use of a digital driver licence, including prescribing circumstances in which a digital driver licence must not be used, and

the extension of the period for which a person is required to hold a provisional licence if the person—

is convicted or found guilty of an offence against section 129 (Minor must not use false evidence of age) of the Liquor Act 2007, or

is issued with a penalty notice under section 150 of the Liquor Act 2007 in respect of an alleged offence against section 129 of that Act, and

driver licences the subject of graffiti licence orders under the Graffiti Control Act 2008, and

Transport for NSW to exempt a person or class of persons from the requirement to hold a driver licence or a driver licence of a particular class (whether or not subject to conditions imposed by Transport for NSW), and

the maintenance of a NSW driver licence register and matters relating to the NSW demerit points register, and

the form in which Transport for NSW is to issue evidence of the authority to drive a motor vehicle provided by a driver licence and the circumstances in which that evidence must be surrendered or returned to Transport for NSW, and

Transport for NSW to correct any mistake, error or omission in the NSW driver licence register, and

the establishment and conduct of competency based assessment schemes relating to driver licensing, and

requiring persons who are—

applicants for driver licences or the renewal or variation of driver licences, or

holders of driver licences,

the establishment and conduct of driver training schemes, and

without limiting paragraph (n) or (o), driver education courses to be undertaken by holders of driver licences who have exceeded the threshold number of demerit points.