8Records to be kept by driving schools

8 Records to be kept by driving schools

8 Records to be kept by driving schools

(1) For the purposes of section 47 (1) of the Act, the proprietor of a driving school must keep, or cause to be kept, in a form approved by Transport for NSW a record of the following—

(a) the name of the school,

(b) the name of each person who is an owner of the school (that is, a person who has any share in the capital of the business of the school, or any entitlement to receive any income derived from the school, whether the entitlement arises at law or in equity or otherwise, and may include a proprietor, or a person having principal control, management and administration, of the school),

(c) the name of the person having principal control, management and administration of the school,

(d) the name of any other person who engages in the control, management or administration of the school,

(e) the name, driver licence number and driving instructor’s licence number of each driving instructor working for the school,

(f) the name, address and telephone number of each student who receives driving instruction from the school,

(g) the registration number of each motor vehicle used by the school to provide driving instruction,

(h) details of the comprehensive motor vehicle insurance policy in force (including the name of the insurer, the name of the insured, the number of the policy and the date on which the policy expires) in respect of each motor vehicle used by the school to provide driving instruction.

(2) The proprietor of a driving school must retain such a record for at least 5 years after the record is made.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.