184Refusal of an explosives driver licence—unsuitable applicant

184 Refusal of an explosives driver licence—unsuitable applicant

For the purposes of section 21(6)(b) of the Act, the Authority may consider that the applicant is not a suitable person to hold an explosives driver licence if—

(a) in the 5 years before the date the application is made—

(i) the applicant has been found guilty by a court in Australia of an offence that, in the opinion of the Authority, makes the applicant unsuitable to be the driver of a vehicle transporting dangerous goods; or

(ii) the applicant's driver licence has been revoked or suspended on a ground that, in the opinion of the Authority, makes the applicant unsuitable to be the driver of a vehicle transporting dangerous goods; or

(b) the applicant is subject to a court order issued in any Australian jurisdiction prohibiting the applicant from involvement in the transport of dangerous goods by road; or

(c) the Authority is not satisfied that the medical fitness of the applicant to drive a road vehicle has been established by the evidence provided under regulation 183(1) or through a medical opinion received under regulation 183(2).

1 Section 21(6)(b) of the Act states that the Authority may refuse to issue a licence if it considers that the applicant is not a suitable person to hold the licence.

2 Section 21(7) of the Act requires that if the Authority decides to refuse to issue a licence, it must send by post to the applicant written notice of the refusal setting out the reasons for the refusal.