Application for grant or renewal
23 Application for grant or renewal
A person who is an individual may apply to the chief executive for the grant or renewal of driver authorisation that authorises the person to drive a vehicle used to provide—
any public passenger service of a kind for which driver authorisation is required (a driver authorisation (booked hire and taxi)); or
a public passenger service of a kind for which driver authorisation is required, other than a booked hire service or taxi service (a driver authorisation (general)).
Note—
Under section 28A of the Act, a person convicted of a category A driver disqualifying offence is ineligible to apply for or hold driver authorisation.
However, a person whose driver licence is subject to an interlock condition or a non-Queensland interlock requirement is not eligible to apply for the grant or renewal of driver authorisation.
Note—
See the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, section 91K.
The application must be—
made in the approved form; and
accompanied by—
evidence that satisfies the chief executive that the person is—
an Australian citizen; or
a permanent resident; or
a New Zealand citizen who is the holder of a special category visa under the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth), section 32; or
entitled, under a visa granted under the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth), to work in Australia; and
the fee stated in schedule 8.
A fee payable under schedule 8, item 4 that relates to the renewal of a driver authorisation (booked hire and taxi) for a term is the fee in force on 1 July in the financial year in which the term starts.
In this section—
driver authorisation does not include provisional driver authorisation or restricted driver authorisation.
interlock condition see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, schedule 4.
non-Queensland interlock requirement see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, schedule 4.
permanent resident means the holder of a permanent visa under the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth), section 30(1).
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