New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 2017 - REG 54

54 Procedure to obtain or vary driver licences

(cf 2008 Reg cl 44)

(1) An applicant for issue or variation of a driver licence must give Transport for NSW--

(a) a completed application in an approved form, and

(b) personal particulars necessary to identify the applicant and the applicant's residential address, including any evidence that Transport for NSW may reasonably require to verify those particulars (for example, evidence of the person's address on the electoral roll), and

(c) an address for the service of notices, and

(d) the applicable fee.

(2) Transport for NSW may require an applicant for issue or variation of a driver licence to do any one or more of the following--

(a) undergo tests or assessments, or provide other evidence of the applicant's knowledge of road law, driving ability, training, experience or suitability to hold a driver licence,

(b) provide evidence of the applicant's compliance with the requirements of a law applying to licence applicants and relating to the assessment of drivers convicted of offences involving alcohol or other drugs in force in the jurisdiction in which the applicant had last been disqualified from driving,

(c) undergo, at the applicant's own cost, a medical examination, or produce evidence of compliance with the medical standards contained in Assessing Fitness to Drive,

(d) attend a specified medical practitioner or allied professional practitioner for the purpose of that examination,

(e) provide evidence that the applicant is eligible to be granted the class of licence sought,

(f) have the applicant's photograph taken, or provide a photograph in a form specified by Transport for NSW.

(3) Transport for NSW may accept evidence of compliance with a requirement in subclause (2)(a), (b) or (c) obtained by an applicant in another jurisdiction.

(4) If Transport for NSW is satisfied that it is not practicable for the applicant to comply with the requirements in subclause (2)(b) of another jurisdiction, Transport for NSW may require the applicant to comply with the requirements of an equivalent assessment.