26Application for driver licence

26 Application for driver licence

(1)  An application for a driver licence must –

(a) be made to the Registrar in an approved form; and

(b) contain the information required in the approved form; and

(c) be accompanied by the evidence required by the Registrar of the applicant's –

(i) name; and

(ii) date of birth; and

(iii) residential address; and

(iv) eligibility to hold a driver licence of the relevant class; and

(d) if there is no postal service to the applicant's residential address, state a postal address for the service of notices on the applicant; and

(e) disclose details of any disqualification from driving imposed on the applicant under the law of Tasmania, another Australian jurisdiction, an external territory or a foreign country; and

(f) be accompanied by each applicable scheduled fee for the licence including, if the applicant has previously held a licence that has been cancelled, any fee payable in that case.

(2)  An applicant for a driver licence must –

(a) submit to the taking of a photograph, for inclusion on the licence –

(i) by a person authorised by the Registrar to take such photographs; or

(ii) under alternative arrangements acceptable to the Registrar; and

(b) provide a specimen signature as required by the Registrar for inclusion on the licence.

(3)  No fee is payable for the issue of a driver licence if –

(a) an application for the driver licence is made by a person who holds an Australian driver licence issued under a corresponding law; and

(b) the applicant is entitled to the issue of the driver licence under the principle of mutual recognition.