MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1949 - SECT 11 Physical or mental incapacity or unfitness to hold licence
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1949 - SECT 11
Physical or mental incapacity or unfitness to hold licence(1) In this section a reference to a person who is licensed to drive a motor vehicle includes a reference to a person who is licensed to drive a motor vehicle under a law of another country, a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth.
(1A) A registered person is:
(a) a medical practitioner; or
(b) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (other than as a student) to practise in the occupational therapy, optometry or physiotherapy profession.
(2) If the Registrar considers an applicant for, or the holder of, a licence to drive a motor vehicle (including a learner licence) may be:
(a) physically or mentally incapable of driving a motor vehicle with safety to the public; or
(b) otherwise physically or mentally unfit to be licensed;
the Registrar may require the person to be medically examined by a registered person approved by the Registrar.
(3) If a person who is licensed to drive a motor vehicle is suffering from a physical or mental incapacity that may affect the person's ability to drive a motor vehicle with safety to the public, the person, or the person's personal representative, must notify the Registrar of the nature of the incapacity or unfitness.
(4) If a registered person reasonably believes that a person the registered person has examined:
(a) is licensed to drive a motor vehicle; and
(b) is physically or mentally incapable of driving a motor vehicle with safety to the public or is physically or mentally unfit to be licensed,
the registered person must notify the Registrar in writing of the person's name and address and the nature of the incapacity or unfitness.
(5) A registered person who provides information or advice to the Registrar in good faith under this section is not civilly or criminally liable, or in breach of any professional code of conduct, for providing the information or advice.