223Required driver licence evidence

223 Required driver licence evidence

223 Required driver licence evidence

(1) The following documents are required as driver licence evidence for an application for the grant or renewal of a dangerous goods driver licence—

(a) a current certified extract of entries about the applicant in the driver licences register kept by the driver licensing authority in each jurisdiction where the applicant has held a licence to drive,

(b) the document mentioned in subsection (2) or the authorisation mentioned in subsection (3).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the document is a copy, certified by the appropriate authority of the jurisdiction where the applicant was convicted, of the records of any conviction of the applicant for a driving offence.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the authorisation is the authorisation by the applicant for the licensing authority to have access to—

(a) entries about the applicant in the driver licences register of any State or Territory, and

(b) records of any conviction of the applicant for a driving offence in any State or Territory.

(4) In this section—

current certified extract means an extract certified by the driver licensing authority not more than 6 months before the day on which the application is made.

driver licences register, of a State or Territory, means a register kept by the driver licensing authority of the State or Territory containing information about a licence authorising the licensee to drive a road vehicle.