Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021

For section 232(2), the matters are—

the only car reasonably available to be driven by the applicant is the high-powered vehicle the subject of the application; and

the high-powered vehicle complies with subsection (2); and

there is no other transport reasonably available to the applicant; and

a refusal to give a certificate of exemption would cause severe hardship to—

the applicant; or

the applicant’s family because the applicant has taken on a role of special responsibility for the family.

For subsection (1)(b), the high-powered vehicle must comply with any of the following—

the applicant has owned the high-powered vehicle continually since 30 June 2007;

the applicant has owned the high-powered vehicle continually since 1 January 2014 and the vehicle—

was manufactured on or after 1 January 2010; and

would not be a high-powered vehicle if the vehicle had been manufactured before 1 January 2010;

an immediate family member of the applicant—

owns or leases the high-powered vehicle; or

possesses the high-powered vehicle under an employment or salary package.

In deciding whether to approve the application on the basis of the matters mentioned in subsection (1), the chief executive must also consider the applicant’s traffic history.

An application in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection (1) that relates to a high-powered vehicle of an immediate family member of the applicant must be accompanied by a signed statement supporting the application from the immediate family member.

In this section—

the applicant’s spouse; or

a parent of the applicant; or

a spouse of the applicant’s parent; or

a grandparent of the applicant; or

a spouse of a grandparent of the applicant; or

an approved carer or guardian of the applicant; or

if the person is an Aboriginal person—a person, or a spouse of a person, who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a person mentioned in paragraph (b) or (d); or

if the person is a Torres Strait Islander—a person, or a spouse of a person, who, under Island custom, is regarded as a person mentioned in paragraph (b) or (d).