New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS ACT 1992 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"application" includes an application for the renewal of a licence.
"authorised officer" means a person authorised in writing by the Authority for the purposes of the provision of this Act in which the expression is used.
"Authority" means the Roads and Traffic Authority constituted under the Transport Administration Act 1988 .
"driver licence" means:

(a) an Australian driver licence under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 (other than a learner licence, a provisional licence, a probationary licence or a restricted licence within the meaning of that Act), or

(b) a corresponding licence under the law for the time being in force in any other country,

to drive all classes of motor vehicles (or motor vehicles of the relevant class).
"driving instructor" is defined in section 4.
"driving school" is defined in section 5.
"instructions" includes advice, demonstrations and courses of training.
"licence" means a licence under this Act.
"misconduct" means any conduct of the following kind:

(a) sexual assault, whether in connection with the provision of driving instruction or otherwise,

(b) sexual harassment in connection with the provision of driving instruction (including making an unwelcome sexual advance, or an unwelcome request for sexual favours, to a person, or engaging in other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature in relation to a person),

(c) fraud or dishonesty punishable on conviction by imprisonment, whether in connection with the provision of driving instruction or otherwise,

(d) the commission of any offence involving dangerous driving, whether in connection with the provision of driving instruction or otherwise,

(e) the commission of any offence involving assault, whether in connection with the provision of driving instruction or otherwise.

"motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle (including any trailer towed by the vehicle) within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 .

(2) In this Act, a reference to a "relevant class of motor vehicles" is a reference to a class of motor vehicles in respect of which the applicant for a licence has applied.