Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021
sec.143Deciding applications
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sec.143 Deciding applications
The chief executive must deal with the application in a timely way and decide to approve, or refuse to approve, the application. The chief executive may approve the application only if satisfied— the applicant has a special need for a class RE or class R Queensland driver licence; and for an application that relates to a class R Queensland driver licence— the applicant holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the applicant makes the application, a class C, or heavy vehicle class, P1 type licence, P2 type licence, P type licence or O type licence; or the applicant is unable to ride a class RE motorbike because of the applicant’s permanent physical incapacity. In deciding the application, the chief executive must also consider the applicant’s traffic history. Subsection (1) does not apply if the application is cancelled under section 383 (4) . (sec.143-ssec.1) The chief executive must deal with the application in a timely way and decide to approve, or refuse to approve, the application. (sec.143-ssec.2) The chief executive may approve the application only if satisfied— the applicant has a special need for a class RE or class R Queensland driver licence; and for an application that relates to a class R Queensland driver licence— the applicant holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the applicant makes the application, a class C, or heavy vehicle class, P1 type licence, P2 type licence, P type licence or O type licence; or the applicant is unable to ride a class RE motorbike because of the applicant’s permanent physical incapacity. (sec.143-ssec.3) In deciding the application, the chief executive must also consider the applicant’s traffic history. (sec.143-ssec.4) Subsection (1) does not apply if the application is cancelled under section 383 (4) .
- (a) the applicant has a special need for a class RE or class R Queensland driver licence; and
- (b) for an application that relates to a class R Queensland driver licence— (i) the applicant holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the applicant makes the application, a class C, or heavy vehicle class, P1 type licence, P2 type licence, P type licence or O type licence; or (ii) the applicant is unable to ride a class RE motorbike because of the applicant’s permanent physical incapacity.
- (i) the applicant holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the applicant makes the application, a class C, or heavy vehicle class, P1 type licence, P2 type licence, P type licence or O type licence; or
- (ii) the applicant is unable to ride a class RE motorbike because of the applicant’s permanent physical incapacity.
- (i) the applicant holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the applicant makes the application, a class C, or heavy vehicle class, P1 type licence, P2 type licence, P type licence or O type licence; or