New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 2017 - REG 56

56 When application for driver licence can be refused

(cf 2008 Reg cl 46)

(1) Transport for NSW may refuse an application for issue or variation of a driver licence if Transport for NSW is satisfied that--

(a) the applicant is not eligible for the licence or variation, or

(b) the applicant does not have sufficient driving ability or knowledge of road law, or

(c) the applicant is not a fit and proper person to hold a driver licence, or

(d) the applicant does not have sufficient knowledge of safe driving practices, or

(e) the applicant does not meet the medical standards contained in Assessing Fitness to Drive that are applicable to the driver licence, or

(f) the applicant has not complied 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, or

(g) a provision of the Act or this Regulation prevents approval of the application, or

(h) the applicant has not complied with a requirement of the Act or this Regulation relating to the application.

(2) Transport for NSW may refuse an application for issue or variation of a driver licence--

(a) in accordance with an order made by a court in Australia, or

(b) in accordance with a law in force in this State relating to the non-payment of fines, or

(c) if the applicant is a person who, if already licensed, would be liable to have his or her licence cancelled under section 59 of the Act, or

(d) if the applicant is a person who, if already licensed, would be liable to have action taken against the person under section 36(4) of the Act, or

(e) if the applicant is a person who, if already licensed, would be liable to have action taken against the person under section 43A(7) of the Act.