27Additional requirements by Registrar

27 Additional requirements by Registrar

(1)  The Registrar may require an applicant for a driver licence to do one or more of the following:

(a) to undergo a test or assessment, or complete a training course, or provide other evidence to the Registrar's satisfaction, of the applicant's competence to drive motor vehicles of the class for which the licence is sought;

(b) to submit to an examination, at the applicant's own expense, by a medical practitioner or a registered health care practitioner, or to produce other evidence to the Registrar's satisfaction, that the applicant is physically and mentally fit to drive motor vehicles of the class for which the licence is sought;

(c) to submit to a test to satisfy the Registrar that the applicant has an adequate knowledge of the law governing road traffic;

(d) to provide evidence, of a kind specified by the Registrar, establishing to the Registrar's satisfaction that –

(i) the applicant is, in other respects, a suitable person to hold a licence of the class sought by the applicant; or

(ii) the applicant has met any pre-conditions necessary, in the Registrar's opinion, for the licence of the class sought by the applicant to be issued, if otherwise eligible; or

(iii) the applicant is, in other respects, eligible to hold a licence of the class sought by the applicant.

(2)  The Registrar may accept evidence obtained within or outside Tasmania for the purposes of this regulation.

(3)  The fee payable for a test, assessment or training course required by the Registrar under this regulation is –

(a) if the test, assessment or training course is performed by an organisation that has an agreement with the Department to provide the test, assessment or training course, the fee specified by that organisation; or

(b) in all other cases, the applicable scheduled fee.