New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated Regulations(cf cl 21 1999 Reg)
(1) The Authority may approve a scheme (to be known as "competency based assessment") under which a person’s competency may be assessed for the purposes of a determination in relation to an application for the issue or variation of a driver licence held or to be held by a person. The scheme applies to the extent approved by the Authority.
(2) The Authority may request the person’s participation in the scheme as a prerequisite to the making of the determination, or may instead offer participation in the scheme as an alternative to other means of testing (or provision of information) for the purposes of the determination.
(3) The Authority may, on application by a person requesting entry into the scheme, issue to the person the log book appropriate to the class of driver licence in which the person is interested together with documentation explaining the operation of the scheme and its relationship to the issue of driver licences.
(4) An applicant for entry into the scheme must give the Authority:(a) a completed application form in the form approved by the Authority, and(b) personal particulars necessary to identify the applicant and the applicant’s residential address, including any evidence that the Authority may reasonably require to verify those particulars, and(c) the applicable fee.
(5) An applicant for entry into the scheme must hold a driver licence of the class required by the Authority, or satisfy such other requirements as the Authority may impose, with regard to the purpose for which the applicant desires entry into the scheme.
(6) The Authority may issue a replacement log book, on payment of the appropriate administrative fee, if it is satisfied that a log book has been lost, stolen or damaged.
(7) In this clause:
"log book" means a book, in a form approved by the Authority in relation to a particular class of driver licence:(a) listing the driving competencies to be achieved in order to obtain a licence of that class, and(b) providing for the recording and authentication, in space provided in the book of particulars of assessment, in relation to those competencies of the person to whom the book is issued.