Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021
sec.132Special need for class HC Queensland driver licences
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sec.132 Special need for class HC Queensland driver licences
A person has a special need for a class HC Queensland driver licence if the person— resides in a remote area of the State; and needs to drive a class HC motor vehicle for the person’s employment; and can not obtain a class MR Queensland driver licence because the person does not have access to a class MR motor vehicle to learn to drive a motor vehicle of that class. For subsection (1) (b) , the person needs to drive a class HC motor vehicle for the person’s employment only if the person— needs to drive a class HC motor vehicle in the course of the person’s current employment; or has received an offer of employment that requires the person to drive a class HC motor vehicle in the course of the employment. In this section— remote area , of the State, means an area of the State identified as remote Australia or very remote Australia in the document called ‘Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure’, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on its website. (sec.132-ssec.1) A person has a special need for a class HC Queensland driver licence if the person— resides in a remote area of the State; and needs to drive a class HC motor vehicle for the person’s employment; and can not obtain a class MR Queensland driver licence because the person does not have access to a class MR motor vehicle to learn to drive a motor vehicle of that class. (sec.132-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (b) , the person needs to drive a class HC motor vehicle for the person’s employment only if the person— needs to drive a class HC motor vehicle in the course of the person’s current employment; or has received an offer of employment that requires the person to drive a class HC motor vehicle in the course of the employment. (sec.132-ssec.3) In this section— remote area , of the State, means an area of the State identified as remote Australia or very remote Australia in the document called ‘Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 5 - Remoteness Structure’, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on its website.
- (a) resides in a remote area of the State; and
- (b) needs to drive a class HC motor vehicle for the person’s employment; and
- (c) can not obtain a class MR Queensland driver licence because the person does not have access to a class MR motor vehicle to learn to drive a motor vehicle of that class.
- (a) needs to drive a class HC motor vehicle in the course of the person’s current employment; or
- (b) has received an offer of employment that requires the person to drive a class HC motor vehicle in the course of the employment.