Driving Instructors Act 1992
54ADriving schools and employers to report alleged misconduct
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54A Driving schools and employers to report alleged misconduct
54A Driving schools and employers to report alleged misconduct
(1) This section applies to a person who employs a driving instructor, or who conducts a driving school, or who is engaged in the control, management or administration of a driving school.
(2) As soon as practicable after receiving it, a person to whom this section applies must report to Transport for NSW any complaint of alleged misconduct on the part of a driving instructor who is working as such for the person or driving school (as the case may be) at the time the complaint is made.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3) As soon as practicable after witnessing it, a person to whom this section applies must report to Transport for NSW any conduct on the part of a driving instructor (whether or not the driving instructor is working as such for the person or driving school) that the person reasonably believes constitutes misconduct.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(4) Alleged misconduct must be reported to Transport for NSW regardless of whether it is alleged to have occurred within the State or elsewhere.
(5) A report made to Transport for NSW under subsection (2) or (3) must be in writing.
ss 54A–54C: Ins 2002 No 127, Sch 1 [15].