sec.150Regulating driver management

### sec.150 Regulating driver management A regulation may prescribe rules about the management of drivers, including, for example— standards about driver skills and knowledge; and the training of drivers; and the approval of driver trainers and driver trainer competency assessors; and the testing and licensing of drivers; and rules about licences, including, in particular, the circumstances in which, and the reasons for which, they can be cancelled or suspended or conditions imposed on them; and requiring the keeping of a register of licences; and providing for the circumstances in which details of the register’s contents can be given to someone; and the granting of exemptions from conditions of licences. Without limiting subsection (1) (c) , a regulation may provide that a court may make orders, on the basis of special hardship, authorising persons whose licences have been suspended to continue to drive motor vehicles under Queensland driver licences in stated circumstances ( special hardship orders ), including, for example— the persons who are eligible, and who are not eligible, to apply for the orders; and how and when applications for the orders are to be made; and the criteria to be used in deciding applications for the orders; and the types of restrictions the court may or must apply to licences; and the periods for which orders are effective; and variation of the orders; and the consequences for failing to comply with the orders, including, for example, the creation of offences and the disqualification of persons from holding or obtaining driver licences. A regulation may prescribe the maximum fees payable for approved courses for pre-licence motorbike driver training. In this section— approval includes accreditation. s 150 (prev s 78) amd 1997 No. 66 s 128 ; 1999 No. 42 s 35 renum 1999 No. 42 s 54 (2) sch amdt 178,179 amd 2005 No. 49 s 69 ; 2007 No. 6 s 63A ; 2007 No. 43 s 33 sch ; 2008 No. 31 s 59 ; 2013 No. 26 s 85 (sec.150-ssec.1) A regulation may prescribe rules about the management of drivers, including, for example— standards about driver skills and knowledge; and the training of drivers; and the approval of driver trainers and driver trainer competency assessors; and the testing and licensing of drivers; and rules about licences, including, in particular, the circumstances in which, and the reasons for which, they can be cancelled or suspended or conditions imposed on them; and requiring the keeping of a register of licences; and providing for the circumstances in which details of the register’s contents can be given to someone; and the granting of exemptions from conditions of licences. (sec.150-ssec.1A) Without limiting subsection (1) (c) , a regulation may provide that a court may make orders, on the basis of special hardship, authorising persons whose licences have been suspended to continue to drive motor vehicles under Queensland driver licences in stated circumstances ( special hardship orders ), including, for example— the persons who are eligible, and who are not eligible, to apply for the orders; and how and when applications for the orders are to be made; and the criteria to be used in deciding applications for the orders; and the types of restrictions the court may or must apply to licences; and the periods for which orders are effective; and variation of the orders; and the consequences for failing to comply with the orders, including, for example, the creation of offences and the disqualification of persons from holding or obtaining driver licences. (sec.150-ssec.2) A regulation may prescribe the maximum fees payable for approved courses for pre-licence motorbike driver training. (sec.150-ssec.3) In this section— approval includes accreditation. - (a) standards about driver skills and knowledge; and - (aa) the training of drivers; and - (ab) the approval of driver trainers and driver trainer competency assessors; and - (b) the testing and licensing of drivers; and - (c) rules about licences, including, in particular, the circumstances in which, and the reasons for which, they can be cancelled or suspended or conditions imposed on them; and - (d) requiring the keeping of a register of licences; and - (e) providing for the circumstances in which details of the register’s contents can be given to someone; and - (f) the granting of exemptions from conditions of licences. - (a) the persons who are eligible, and who are not eligible, to apply for the orders; and - (aa) how and when applications for the orders are to be made; and - (b) the criteria to be used in deciding applications for the orders; and - (c) the types of restrictions the court may or must apply to licences; and - (ca) the periods for which orders are effective; and - (d) variation of the orders; and - (e) the consequences for failing to comply with the orders, including, for example, the creation of offences and the disqualification of persons from holding or obtaining driver licences.