National Transport Commission (Model Amendments: Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road or Rail - Package No. 1) Regulations 2009
4GMeaning of qualified, fit or authorised to drive or to run an engine
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4G Meaning of qualified, fit or authorised to drive or to run an engine
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is qualified to drive a vehicle (or to run its engine) if he or she: (a) holds a driver licence of the appropriate class to drive the vehicle, and the driver licence is not suspended; and (b) is not prevented by or under a law (including, for example, by the conditions of the licence) from driving the vehicle at the relevant time. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a person is fit to drive a vehicle (or to run its engine) if he or she: (a) is apparently physically and mentally fit to drive the vehicle; and (b) (without limiting the above) is not apparently affected by either or both: (i) alcohol; or (ii) any drug that affects his or her fitness to drive; and (c) is not at the time found to have a concentration of alcohol in his or her blood that exceeds the amount permitted by a law of {this jurisdiction}; and (d) is not at the time found to have a concentration of a drug that affects his or her fitness to drive in his or her blood or oral fluid that exceeds the amount permitted by a law of {this jurisdiction}. (3) For the purposes of this Act, a person is authorised: (a) to drive a vehicle if he or she is its operator or has the authority of the operator to drive it; or (b) to run the engine of a vehicle if he or she is its operator or has the authority of the operator to drive the vehicle or to run the engine; regardless of whether or not he or she is qualified to drive the vehicle (or to run its engine).