Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021
sec.238Deciding applications
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sec.238 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 that— driving high-powered vehicles on a road is necessary for the operation of the applicant’s business; and each person the subject of the application performs a duty for the business; and it is likely that, because of the nature of the duty, each person the subject of the application will be required to drive high-powered vehicles on a road to perform the duty. A duty to service vehicles performed by an apprentice mechanic is likely to require the mechanic to drive high-powered vehicles on a road to test the vehicles being serviced. Subsection (1) does not apply if the application is cancelled under section 383 (4) . (sec.238-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.238-ssec.2) The chief executive may approve the application only if satisfied that— driving high-powered vehicles on a road is necessary for the operation of the applicant’s business; and each person the subject of the application performs a duty for the business; and it is likely that, because of the nature of the duty, each person the subject of the application will be required to drive high-powered vehicles on a road to perform the duty. A duty to service vehicles performed by an apprentice mechanic is likely to require the mechanic to drive high-powered vehicles on a road to test the vehicles being serviced. (sec.238-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the application is cancelled under section 383 (4) .
- (a) driving high-powered vehicles on a road is necessary for the operation of the applicant’s business; and
- (b) each person the subject of the application performs a duty for the business; and
- (c) it is likely that, because of the nature of the duty, each person the subject of the application will be required to drive high-powered vehicles on a road to perform the duty. Example for paragraph (c) — A duty to service vehicles performed by an apprentice mechanic is likely to require the mechanic to drive high-powered vehicles on a road to test the vehicles being serviced.