New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) ACT 1998 - SECT 9

9 Authority not to issue or renew licence in certain circumstances

(1) The Authority must not issue a driver licence to a person unless it is satisfied that the person is a resident of this State and that:

(a) the person is eligible to be issued with, or to apply for, the driver licence, and

(b) if the person is the holder of an Australian driver licence or a licence to drive a motor vehicle in a foreign country, that licence has been surrendered,

in accordance with the regulations.

(2) However, the Authority may issue a driver licence to a person without the person surrendering the person’s licence to drive a motor vehicle in a foreign country in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The Authority must not renew a driver licence of a person if it is satisfied that the person is no longer a resident of this State.

(4) Subsections (1) and (3), to the extent that they require a person to be a resident of this State, do not apply to a person who resides temporarily outside this State.

(5) This section does not limit the other circumstances in which the Authority may refuse to issue or renew a licence.