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

This section applies in relation to an applicant if the chief executive is not satisfied of the matters mentioned in sections 344(a) and 345(1)(a) in relation to the applicant.

The chief executive may grant an interlock exemption to the applicant if satisfied that—

a refusal to grant the exemption would cause severe hardship to the applicant in a way other than by preventing the applicant from driving—

to or from, or in the course of, the applicant’s employment; or

to or from an educational institution the applicant attends; and

there is no other transport reasonably available to the applicant.

Also, the chief executive may grant an interlock exemption to the applicant if satisfied that—

a refusal to grant the exemption would cause severe hardship to a family member of the applicant in a way other than by preventing the applicant from driving the family member—

to or from the family member’s place of employment; or

to or from an educational institution the family member attends; and

there is no other transport reasonably available to the family member.

This section applies subject to section 347.