Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2021

The Registrar may vary, suspend or cancel a person's driver licence if – the person – has failed, or refused to submit to, a medical examination required by the Registrar under the Act or these regulations; or has failed, or refused to submit to, some other test or assessment required by the Registrar under the Act or these regulations; or has failed any such medical examination, test or assessment; or the person has failed to comply with regulation 58 or 59 if required to do so; or the person cannot drive a motor vehicle of the relevant class without danger to the public because of illness or incapacity or the effects of treatment for illness or incapacity; or the person does not have adequate knowledge of the law governing road traffic; or the person is not competent to drive a motor vehicle of the relevant class; or the person is not in some other respect a suitable person to drive a motor vehicle of the relevant class; or the Registrar is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the person is not a suitable person – to drive a motor vehicle of the relevant class; or to hold the licence; or the person is for some other reason ineligible to hold the licence; or the person has failed to comply with requirements imposed under the law of Tasmania or another Australian jurisdiction relating to the treatment, education, assessment or rehabilitation of persons who have committed offences involving alcohol or drugs; or the person has failed to pay a fine or other pecuniary penalty, or an instalment of a fine or other pecuniary penalty, arising out of the use of a motor vehicle in Australia; or the person has been convicted of an offence committed outside Tasmania which, if committed within Tasmania, would have resulted in disqualification from driving or suspension or cancellation of the person's licence; or the person has contravened, or failed to comply with, a condition of the licence; or the licence was issued or renewed in error, or is incorrect in any respect; or the person has failed to pay a scheduled fee in respect of the licence.

A variation to a driver licence under this regulation may take the form of – the imposition of a licence condition; or the variation of a licence condition; or if the licence is within the hierarchy of licence classes, reducing the class of the licence.

The Registrar must suspend or cancel a person's driver licence if required to do so – by order of an Australian court; or under a law of Tasmania or another jurisdiction about driving while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs; or under any other law.

The Registrar may cancel a driver licence if the holder has surrendered the licence to the licensing authority in another jurisdiction for cancellation.

The following decisions are not administrative decisions for the purposes of the Vehicle and Traffic (Review of Decisions) Regulations 2021:a decision to vary, suspend or cancel a driver licence under subregulation (1)(b); a decision to vary a driver licence by imposing an I condition on the licence.