New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf Traffic Act, s 4E (1)-(1C))
(1) In this Part:
"driver licence" means the following:(a) a licence issued under a law in force in a State or internal Territory authorising the holder to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on a road or road related area,(b) a driver licence receipt for a licence referred to in paragraph (a),(c) a foreign driver licence."learner licence" means the following:(a) a learner licence within the meaning of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998 or a driver licence receipt for such a licence,(b) a foreign driver licence that has the same or similar effect as a licence referred to in paragraph (a)."provisional licence" means the following:(a) a provisional P1 licence or a provisional P2 licence,(b) a licence issued under a law in force in a State or internal Territory, or a foreign driver licence, that has the same or similar effect as a licence referred to in paragraph (a) or is prescribed by the regulations as an equivalent licence for the purposes of this definition,(c) a driver licence receipt for a licence referred to in paragraph (a) or for a State or internal Territory licence referred to in paragraph (b).
(3) For the purposes of this Part, a person is a "special category driver" in respect of a motor vehicle:(a) if the person is the holder of a learner licence or a provisional licence for motor vehicles of a class that includes that motor vehicle, or(b) if the person is not authorised to drive that motor vehicle in New South Wales because the person, in New South Wales or elsewhere, has had his or her application for a relevant driver licence or authority refused, has been disqualified from driving, has had a relevant driver licence or authority suspended or cancelled or has never obtained a relevant driver licence or authority, or(e) if that motor vehicle is being driven for hire or reward, or in the course of any trade or business, as a public passenger vehicle within the meaning of the Passenger Transport Act 1990 , or(f) if that motor vehicle is a coach or heavy motor vehicle, or(g) if that motor vehicle (or any trailer being towed by the motor vehicle):(i) is required, because it carries dangerous goods within the meaning of the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008 , to have a sign exhibited on it by regulations under either Act, or under any code prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations under this Act, or(ii) carries any radioactive substance within the meaning of the Radiation Control Act 1990 .
(4) For the purposes of this Part, a person is a "special category supervisor" in respect of a motor vehicle if, were the person driving the motor vehicle, the person would be a special category driver in respect of the motor vehicle.