69Tests and assessments

69 Tests and assessments

(1) For the purposes of section 27(3) of the Act, a test or assessment of the class described in column 1 of the following Table must be carried out by a person of the class described opposite the class of test or assessment in column 2 of the Table.

Reg. 69(1) (Table) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 50(a)).

Table

| Column 1<br>Class of test or assessment | Column 2<br>Prescribed class of person | | Medical | Registered medical practitioners | | Eyesight | Registered medical practitioners;<br>Registered optometrists;<br>Registered ophthalmologists;<br>Registered occupational therapists who have successfully completed postgraduate training in driver assessment and rehabilitation;<br>Employees in the Department;<br>Other persons authorised in writing by the Secretary. | | Evaluations of drivers' physical and cognitive abilities or skills to drive | Registered occupational therapists who have successfully completed postgraduate training in driver assessment and rehabilitation;<br>Employees in the Department;<br>Other persons authorised in writing by the Secretary. | | Road law knowledge and driving ability | Registered occupational therapists who have successfully completed postgraduate training in driver assessment and rehabilitation;<br>Employees in the Department;<br>Other persons authorised in writing by the Secretary. |

Section 38EA of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 defines registered medical practitioner.

Reg. 69(2) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 50(b)).

(2) The Secretary must accept, for the purposes of section 27 of the Act, a certificate of the results of a medical test or assessment conducted in another jurisdiction if the test or assessment otherwise complies with this regulation.