ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 2017 - REG 83 TfNSW may issue interlock driver licence

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 2017 - REG 83

83 TfNSW may issue interlock driver licence

(cf 2008 Reg cl 72)

(1) Without limiting clause 57, Transport for NSW may--

(a) approve an application for, and issue, an interlock driver licence to a person in respect of whom a mandatory interlock order has been made, or

(b) approve an application for, and issue, an interlock driver licence to a person under section 213 of the Act, or

(c) approve an application for a licence other than an interlock driver licence but issue an interlock driver licence.

(2) Without limiting subclause (1)(c), an interlock driver licence may be issued under that subclause if a medical practitioner has recommended that an interlock condition should be imposed following an assessment of the applicant's fitness to drive conducted in accordance with Assessing Fitness to Drive.

(3) An interlock driver licence is issued subject to the condition that the holder of the licence may only drive a motor vehicle if an approved interlock device that was installed by an acceptable provider is fitted to the motor vehicle.

(4) If an interlock driver licence is issued under subclause (1)(c) to a person, the interlock period applicable to the person is the period specified by Transport for NSW by notice to the person--

(a) starting on the day the person is issued with the interlock driver licence, and

(b) ending on the day specified by Transport for NSW in the notice.

Note : Section 209 of the Act defines
"interlock period" for holders of licences issued under subclause (1)(a) and (b).

(5) The applicable interlock period for the holder of an external interlock driver licence who applies for issue of an interlock driver licence in this State is the period specified by Transport for NSW by notice to the person--

(a) starting on the day the person is issued with the interlock driver licence, and

(b) ending on the day specified by Transport for NSW in the notice and verified under subclause (6).

(6) Transport for NSW is to verify the day on which the applicant would have been eligible to have his or her requirement to hold the external interlock driver licence reviewed or removed by the relevant court or other authority of the jurisdiction that imposed the requirement had that licence remained in force.