Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2000 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2000 No. 102 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) AMENDMENT STANDARD (No. 1) 2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Standard amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 7 (Qualifications for operating relevant vehicles other than motorbikes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 8 (Medical fitness for driver authorisation) . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Insertion of new ss 8A and 8B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8A Licence requirements for restricted driver authorisation . . . . . . . . . 2 8B Medical fitness for restricted driver authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s5 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 102, 2000 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Short title 1. This standard may be cited as the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Amendment Standard (No. 1) 2000 . ˙ Standard amended 2. This standard amends the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Standard 2000 . ˙ Amendment of s 7 (Qualifications for operating relevant vehicles other than motorbikes) 3. Section 7— insert— ‘ (4A) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to a person seeking a restricted driver authorisation.’. ˙ Amendment of s 8 (Medical fitness for driver authorisation) 4. Section 8— insert— ‘ (5) This section does not apply to a person seeking a restricted driver authorisation.’. ˙ Insertion of new ss 8A and 8B 5. After section 8— insert— ˙ ‘ Licence requirements for restricted driver authorisation ‘ 8A.(1) A person is not eligible to be granted a restricted driver authorisation by an operator unless the person— (a) holds a prescribed licence of the appropriate class; and (b) has held continuously for at least 3 years—

s5 3 s5 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 102, 2000 Amendment (No. 1) (i) an open or provisional licence for a car, truck or bus; or (ii) a corresponding licence to an open or provisional licence for a car, truck or bus; or (iii) a series of any of the licences mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii). ‘ (2) A person must not operate a public passenger vehicle under restricted driver authorisation unless the person holds a prescribed licence of the appropriate class. ˙ ‘ Medical fitness for restricted driver authorisation ‘ 8B.(1) A person is not eligible to be granted restricted driver authorisation by an operator unless the person gives the operator— (a) a doctor’s certificate in the approved form that the person is medically fit to operate a motor vehicle (the “doctor’s certificate” ); or (b) a signed statement stating that, as far as the person knows, the person does not suffer from any of the medical conditions stated on the approved form under the TransportOperations(PassengerTransport)Regulation1994 for restricted driver authorisation. ‘ (2) A driver who holds restricted driver authorisation must notify the operator who granted the restricted driver authorisation and the chief executive each time there is a change in the driver’s medical condition that makes the driver continuously unfit to safely operate a motor vehicle for more than 1 month. ‘ (3) If the doctor’s certificate of a driver who holds restricted driver authorisation contains a limitation on the driver operating a vehicle, the driver must not operate a vehicle under the restricted driver authorisation contrary to the limitation.’.

s6 4 s6 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 102, 2000 Amendment (No. 1) ˙ Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 6.(1) Schedule, definition “corresponding licence” — omit, insert— “corresponding licence” to— (a) an open licence, for a requirement relating to restricted driver authorisation—means a document corresponding to the open licence that is issued under a law of another State or a foreign country that provides for the same matter as the provision under which the open licence is issued; or (b) an open licence, other than for a requirement relating to restricted driver authorisation—means a document corresponding to the open licence that is issued under a law of another State that provides for the same matter as the provision under which the open licence is issued; or (c) a provisional licence, for a requirement relating to restricted driver authorisation—means a document corresponding to the provisional licence that is issued under a law of another State or a foreign country that provides for the same matter as the provision under which the provisional licence is issued; or (d) a provisional licence, other than for a requirement relating to restricted driver authorisation—means a document corresponding to the provisional licence that is issued under a law of another State that provides for the same matter as the provision under which the provisional licence is issued. (2) Schedule, definition “prescribed licence” — insert— ‘(c) a provisional licence under the TransportOperations(RoadUseManagement—DriverLicensing)Regulation1999 , section 25(2)(a)(ii).’.

5 Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) No. 102, 2000 Amendment (No. 1) ENDNOTES 1. Made by the chief executive on 12 May 2000. 2. Approved by the Governor in Council on 1 June 2000. 3. Notified in the gazette on 2 June 2000. 4. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 5. The administering agency is the Department of Transport. © State of Queensland 2000