(1) It is a condition of a licence to drive a vehicle transporting explosives that, if the Authority requires the licensee to provide either of the following, the licensee must comply with that requirement in accordance with this regulation—
(a) under subregulation (2), a medical certificate;
(b) under subregulation (4), the driver licence evidence set out in regulation 179.
(2) The Authority may, by written notice given to the licensee, require the licensee to produce to the Authority a certificate, issued by a registered medical practitioner who has examined the licensee, stating that the licensee is fit to drive a road vehicle in accordance with the standards set out in Assessing Fitness to Drive—Medical Standards for Licensing and Clinical Management Guidelines published by Austroads and the National Road Transport Commission in September 2003, as in force at the time of the examination.
(3) A certificate under subregulation (2) must not have been issued earlier than 6 months prior to the date of the written notice from the Authority.
(4) The Authority may, by written notice given to the licensee, require the licensee to produce to the Authority the driver licence evidence set out in regulation 179.
(5) A notice under this regulation must specify a period of at least 2 months after the day when the notice is received by the licensee within which the licensee must provide the information.
(6) The Authority must not give a notice under this regulation if the period until the licence expires is less than 4 months.
Note
Under section 23(2) of the Act it is an offence to contravene or fail to comply with a condition, limitation or restriction inserted in a licence by the Authority.