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TRANSPORT (PASSENGER VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2005 (SR NO 66 OF 2005) - REG 8

Tests, qualifications and other requirements

r. 8

    (1)     The Secretary may require an applicant for a driver's certificate to pass any test and hold any qualification specified by the Secretary for the specified class of vehicle for which the certificate is issued that relates to and includes the following—

        (a)     his or her fitness to drive a vehicle;

        (b)     the medical condition of the applicant;

        (c)     knowledge of the names and location of significant streets and places in Melbourne or other area relevant to the specified class of vehicle;

        (d)     knowledge and use of the English language;

        (e)     knowledge and skills relating to customer service in the field of commercial passenger transport.

    (2)     The Secretary may require an applicant for a driver's certificate to—

        (a)     give the Secretary a certificate from a registered medical practitioner (within the meaning of the Medical Practice Act 1994 ) stating that the applicant is not suffering from any condition which would prevent him or her from driving a vehicle; and

        (b)     give the Secretary a certificate from a registered medical practitioner (within the meaning of the Medical Practice Act 1994 ) or an optometrist registered under the Optometrists Registration Act 1996 stating that he or she has passed the vision acuteness test set out in Schedule 1; and

        (c)     be photographed, or have a digitised image of the applicant made, at a place and in a manner specified by the Secretary; and

        (d)     give the Secretary 3 recent colour passport size photographs of the applicant showing his or her head and full face only; and

        (e)     give the Secretary a specimen signature at a place and in a manner specified by the Secretary.



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