55Eligibility to hold ancillary certificate in driving instruction

55 Eligibility to hold ancillary certificate in driving instruction

(1)  A person is eligible to hold an ancillary certificate authorising the holder to provide driving instruction in the driving of a particular class of motor vehicle if the person –

(a) has held an Australian driver licence, other than a learner licence or a provisional licence, authorising the person to drive motor vehicles –

(i) for an aggregate period of at least 3 years; and

(ii) for at least 12 months in the previous period of 3 years; and

(b) holds a current Australian driver licence to drive motor vehicles; and

(c) has attained the age of 21 years; and

(d) has the knowledge and experience necessary to provide instruction in the driving of motor vehicles of the relevant class; and

(e) is in all other respects a suitable person to provide instruction in the driving of motor vehicles of the relevant class.

(2)  In calculating the period for which a person has held an Australian driver licence –

(a) the Registrar must exclude any period for which –

(i) the person has been disqualified from driving by an Australian court or by the operation of an automatic statutory penalty; or

(ii) the licence has been suspended; and

(b) if the person has held a licence to drive a motor vehicle in an external territory or foreign country, the Registrar may take into account the period, or some of the period, for which the person held such a licence as if the licence had been an Australian driver licence.

(3)  The Registrar may require an applicant for an ancillary certificate in driving instruction to do either or both of the following:

(a) to undergo a test or assessment, or provide other evidence to the Registrar's satisfaction, of the applicant's competence and suitability to provide instruction in driving motor vehicles of the class for which the certificate is sought;