Tests and assessments
69 Tests and assessments
For the purposes of section 27(3) of the Act, a test or assessment of the class described in column 1 of the following Table must be carried out by a person of the class described opposite the class of test or assessment in column 2 of the Table.
Reg. 69(1) (Table) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 50(a)).
Table
Column 1 Class of test or assessment | Column 2 Prescribed class of person |
|---|
Medical | Registered medical practitioners |
Eyesight | Registered medical practitioners; Registered optometrists; Registered ophthalmologists; Registered occupational therapists who have successfully completed postgraduate training in driver assessment and rehabilitation; Employees in the Department; Other persons authorised in writing by the Secretary. |
Evaluations of drivers' physical and cognitive abilities or skills to drive | Registered occupational therapists who have successfully completed postgraduate training in driver assessment and rehabilitation; Employees in the Department; Other persons authorised in writing by the Secretary. |
Road law knowledge and driving ability | Registered occupational therapists who have successfully completed postgraduate training in driver assessment and rehabilitation; Employees in the Department; Other persons authorised in writing by the Secretary. |
Note
Section 38EA of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 defines registered medical practitioner.
Reg. 69(2) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 50(b)).
The Secretary must accept, for the purposes of section 27 of the Act, a certificate of the results of a medical test or assessment conducted in another jurisdiction if the test or assessment otherwise complies with this regulation.
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