Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2017
65Variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence by TfNSW
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65 Variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence by TfNSW
65 Variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence by TfNSW
(cf 2008 Reg cl 55)
(1) Transport for NSW may vary, suspend or cancel a person’s driver licence if it appears to Transport for NSW that—
(a) the person has failed or refused to submit to a test, assessment or medical examination required under or in accordance with the Act or this Regulation, or has failed such a test, assessment or examination, or
(b) it would be dangerous for the person to drive a motor vehicle because of illness or incapacity, or because of the effects of treatment for such conditions, or
(c) the person does not have sufficient driving ability or knowledge of road law, or
(d) (Repealed)
(e) the person has not complied with the requirements of a law applying to licence applicants and relating to the assessment of drivers convicted of offences involving alcohol or drugs in force in the jurisdiction in which the person had last been disqualified from driving, or
(f) the person is no longer eligible, in accordance with the Act or this Regulation, for a particular class or classes of licence, or
(g) the licence was issued or renewed in error, or
(h) the licence is incorrect in any respect, or
(i) a non-cash payment submitted to Transport for NSW as payment of an applicable fee has been dishonoured, or
(j) the person has been convicted in another jurisdiction or another country of any offence which, if the person had been licensed in that jurisdiction or country, would have enabled the driver licensing authority of that jurisdiction or country to vary, suspend or cancel the person’s licence, or
(ja) the person’s visiting driver privileges in another jurisdiction have been suspended or withdrawn by the driver licensing authority in the jurisdiction, or
(k) the person has failed to comply with a condition of the licence, or
(l) the photograph contained in the licence is no longer a true likeness of the person, or
(m) the licence has been issued or renewed, or a notice of suspension of the licence has been withdrawn, on the basis of information that has been provided in purported compliance with a request under section 61 of the Act and that is false or misleading in a material particular.