Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Unless sooner cancelled, suspended or surrendered a driver's certificate or an assistant's certificate shall subsist for a period of 12 months from and including the date of its grant or, as the case may be, its last renewal and for the purpose of calculating the period of its duration shall be deemed to have subsisted throughout any period for which it has in fact been suspended or is of no force or effect.
(2) Upon application for renewal made as prescribed and at least 2 weeks prior to the expiration of the period of duration of a driver's certificate or an assistant's certificate and upon payment of the prescribed fee, the chief executive shall renew the certificate if the chief executive is satisfied that the provisions of this Act applicable thereto have been complied with and the holder thereof continues to be an appropriate person to hold the certificate.