Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018
sec.197Form of driver authorising documents
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sec.197 Form of driver authorising documents
This section applies if the chief executive— grants a dangerous goods driver licence to a person, or renews a person’s dangerous goods driver licence, and gives the person a driver authorising document; or gives a person a replacement driver authorising document. The driver authorising document may be in the form of a smartcard dangerous goods driver licence or an interim transport authority. Subsection (2) does not limit the form of a driver authorising document. A smartcard dangerous goods driver licence 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— smartcard transport authority has the meaning given by the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , section 36G (1) . transport authority see the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , section 36G (3) . (sec.197-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive— grants a dangerous goods driver licence to a person, or renews a person’s dangerous goods driver licence, and gives the person a driver authorising document; or gives a person a replacement driver authorising document. (sec.197-ssec.2) The driver authorising document may be in the form of a smartcard dangerous goods driver licence or an interim transport authority. (sec.197-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit the form of a driver authorising document. (sec.197-ssec.4) A smartcard dangerous goods driver licence 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.197-ssec.5) In this section— smartcard transport authority has the meaning given by the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , section 36G (1) . transport authority see the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , section 36G (3) .
- (a) grants a dangerous goods driver licence to a person, or renews a person’s dangerous goods driver licence, and gives the person a driver authorising document; or
- (b) gives a person a replacement driver authorising document.