Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 2018
sec.26Form of authorising document
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sec.26 Form of authorising document
This section applies if the chief executive— decides to grant or renew a driver authorisation (booked hire and taxi) or driver authorisation (general), and gives the person an authorising document for the driver authorisation; or replaces a person’s authorising document for a driver authorisation. The authorising document for the driver authorisation may be in the form of a smartcard driver authorisation or an interim transport authority. Subsection (2) does not limit the form of an authorising document for driver authorisation. A smartcard driver authorisation given to a person may be in the form of a smartcard transport authority that includes information about 1 or more other transport authorities held by the person. In this section— transport authority see the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , section 36G (3) . s 26 amd 2019 SL No. 218 s 10 (sec.26-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive— decides to grant or renew a driver authorisation (booked hire and taxi) or driver authorisation (general), and gives the person an authorising document for the driver authorisation; or replaces a person’s authorising document for a driver authorisation. (sec.26-ssec.2) The authorising document for the driver authorisation may be in the form of a smartcard driver authorisation or an interim transport authority. (sec.26-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit the form of an authorising document for driver authorisation. (sec.26-ssec.4) A smartcard driver authorisation given to a person may be in the form of a smartcard transport authority that includes information about 1 or more other transport authorities held by the person. (sec.26-ssec.5) In this section— transport authority see the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , section 36G (3) .
- (a) decides to grant or renew a driver authorisation (booked hire and taxi) or driver authorisation (general), and gives the person an authorising document for the driver authorisation; or
- (b) replaces a person’s authorising document for a driver authorisation.