sec.29Granting, renewing or refusing driver authorisation

### sec.29 Granting, renewing or refusing driver authorisation A regulation may make provision about granting, renewing, or refusing to grant or renew, driver authorisation. Without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation may authorise the chief executive— to impose a condition when granting driver authorisation to a person or renewing a person’s driver authorisation; or to refuse to grant driver authorisation to a person or to renew the person’s driver authorisation if the person— has been convicted of a category C driver disqualifying offence; or has been charged with a driver disqualifying offence and the charge has not been finally disposed of. Also, without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation may provide for the following— an authorising document; an authorising document to be in the form of a card or something similar approved by the chief executive and on which information may be stored electronically; a PIN to be used by the holder of driver authorisation as a security measure to protect information stored electronically on an authorising document. Further, without limiting subsections (1) to (3) , a regulation may provide that— an authorising document may include on it information about— the kinds of public passenger services for which the holder of the authorisation is an authorised driver; or another transport authority held by the person under a prescribed transport Act, if allowed under that Act; or information about driver authorisation may be included on another transport authority. See also the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , section 36G for smartcard transport authorities. In this section— prescribed transport Act means— the Tow Truck Act 2023 ; or the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 . transport authority means— a driver accreditation or an assistant accreditation under the Tow Truck Act 2023 ; or a prescribed authority (other than a Queensland driver licence) under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 . s 29 amd 2004 No. 9 s 13C ; 2008 No. 71 s 20 (amd 2010 No. 13 s 70 ); 2017 No. 18 s 9 ; 2023 No. 28 s 195 (sec.29-ssec.1) A regulation may make provision about granting, renewing, or refusing to grant or renew, driver authorisation. (sec.29-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation may authorise the chief executive— to impose a condition when granting driver authorisation to a person or renewing a person’s driver authorisation; or to refuse to grant driver authorisation to a person or to renew the person’s driver authorisation if the person— has been convicted of a category C driver disqualifying offence; or has been charged with a driver disqualifying offence and the charge has not been finally disposed of. (sec.29-ssec.3) Also, without limiting subsection (1) , a regulation may provide for the following— an authorising document; an authorising document to be in the form of a card or something similar approved by the chief executive and on which information may be stored electronically; a PIN to be used by the holder of driver authorisation as a security measure to protect information stored electronically on an authorising document. (sec.29-ssec.4) Further, without limiting subsections (1) to (3) , a regulation may provide that— an authorising document may include on it information about— the kinds of public passenger services for which the holder of the authorisation is an authorised driver; or another transport authority held by the person under a prescribed transport Act, if allowed under that Act; or information about driver authorisation may be included on another transport authority. See also the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , section 36G for smartcard transport authorities. (sec.29-ssec.5) In this section— prescribed transport Act means— the Tow Truck Act 2023 ; or the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 . transport authority means— a driver accreditation or an assistant accreditation under the Tow Truck Act 2023 ; or a prescribed authority (other than a Queensland driver licence) under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 . - (a) to impose a condition when granting driver authorisation to a person or renewing a person’s driver authorisation; or - (b) to refuse to grant driver authorisation to a person or to renew the person’s driver authorisation if the person— (i) has been convicted of a category C driver disqualifying offence; or (ii) has been charged with a driver disqualifying offence and the charge has not been finally disposed of. - (i) has been convicted of a category C driver disqualifying offence; or - (ii) has been charged with a driver disqualifying offence and the charge has not been finally disposed of. - (i) has been convicted of a category C driver disqualifying offence; or - (ii) has been charged with a driver disqualifying offence and the charge has not been finally disposed of. - (a) an authorising document; - (b) an authorising document to be in the form of a card or something similar approved by the chief executive and on which information may be stored electronically; - (c) a PIN to be used by the holder of driver authorisation as a security measure to protect information stored electronically on an authorising document. - (a) an authorising document may include on it information about— (i) the kinds of public passenger services for which the holder of the authorisation is an authorised driver; or (ii) another transport authority held by the person under a prescribed transport Act, if allowed under that Act; or - (i) the kinds of public passenger services for which the holder of the authorisation is an authorised driver; or - (ii) another transport authority held by the person under a prescribed transport Act, if allowed under that Act; or - (b) information about driver authorisation may be included on another transport authority. - (i) the kinds of public passenger services for which the holder of the authorisation is an authorised driver; or - (ii) another transport authority held by the person under a prescribed transport Act, if allowed under that Act; or - (a) the Tow Truck Act 2023 ; or - (b) the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 . - (a) a driver accreditation or an assistant accreditation under the Tow Truck Act 2023 ; or - (b) a prescribed authority (other than a Queensland driver licence) under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 .