Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021
sec.253Persons who hold Queensland driver licences and are 75 years or older
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sec.253 Persons who hold Queensland driver licences and are 75 years or older
A person who holds a Queensland driver licence and is 75 years or older must not drive a motor vehicle on a road unless the person— is carrying a recently issued medical certificate; and is driving the vehicle in accordance with the certificate. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsection (3) applies if the person— is required by an authorised officer to produce a recently issued medical certificate; and is not able to comply with the requirement immediately. The person is taken to have complied with subsection (1) (a) if the person— holds a recently issued medical certificate at the time the requirement is made; and produces the certificate to a person nominated by the authorised officer within 48 hours of the requirement being made. (sec.253-ssec.1) A person who holds a Queensland driver licence and is 75 years or older must not drive a motor vehicle on a road unless the person— is carrying a recently issued medical certificate; and is driving the vehicle in accordance with the certificate. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.253-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if the person— is required by an authorised officer to produce a recently issued medical certificate; and is not able to comply with the requirement immediately. (sec.253-ssec.3) The person is taken to have complied with subsection (1) (a) if the person— holds a recently issued medical certificate at the time the requirement is made; and produces the certificate to a person nominated by the authorised officer within 48 hours of the requirement being made.
- (a) is carrying a recently issued medical certificate; and
- (b) is driving the vehicle in accordance with the certificate.
- (a) is required by an authorised officer to produce a recently issued medical certificate; and
- (b) is not able to comply with the requirement immediately.
- (a) holds a recently issued medical certificate at the time the requirement is made; and
- (b) produces the certificate to a person nominated by the authorised officer within 48 hours of the requirement being made.