TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 79AA Provisions applying to supervisor of a learner

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 79AA

79AA Provisions applying to supervisor of a learner

(1) This section applies to a person who is the supervisor of a learner while the learner is driving a motor vehicle under the direction of the supervisor.

(2) The supervisor is in charge of the motor vehicle for the purposes of—

(a) the relevant provisions; and

(b) other provisions of this Act applying in relation to any charge, proceedings, conviction or sentence for an offence against a relevant provision.

Examples for subsection (2)(a)—

1 If a learner is driving a car under the direction of a supervisor, the supervisor is in charge of the car and must not be over the general alcohol limit.

2 If a learner is driving a truck or bus under the direction of a supervisor, the supervisor of the learner is in charge of the truck or bus and must not be over the no alcohol limit.

(3) Subsection (2) has no effect on the application of the relevant provisions, or any other provisions of this Act, to the learner.

(4) In this section—


"learner" means—

(a) the holder of a licence that, under a regulation, authorises the holder to learn to drive a motor vehicle; or

(b) the holder of a licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to a licence mentioned in paragraph (a) .

"relevant provisions" means sections 79 and 80 .


"supervisor" , of a learner—

(a) means a person who—

(i) under a regulation, is a person with whom a learner is authorised to drive under direction; or

(ii) purports to be a person mentioned in subparagraph (i) ; but

(b) does not include a person accredited as a driver trainer under a regulation while the person is acting in the person’s professional capacity as a driver trainer.