A WA parliamentary question addresses whether police officers in the South West region need specific licenses to assess drivers for special licenses, revealing that it is not a requirement under the Road Traffic Act 1974.

AnsweredQoN 667Legislative Council
Asked
30 August 2006
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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DRIVING INSTRUCTORS - SOUTH WEST REGION
Further to question 590 asked on Tuesday, 22 August 2006 with reference to the locations in the south west region where driving tests are performed by police officers - (1) Are police officers from these locations able to assess people for the following special licences - HV, LR, MR, R and RE? (2) Do all the officers at these locations who are administering these licences have these licences themselves? (3) Does the Department for Planning and Infrastructure currently have a policy that prevents police officers from assessing people for special licences if they do not hold the relevant licence themselves? (4) If so, what is this policy and how is it administered? Hon ADELE FARINA

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(1) Are police officers from these locations able to assess people for the following special licences - HV, LR, MR, R and RE? (2) Do all the officers at these locations who are administering these licences have these licences themselves? (3) Does the Department for Planning and Infrastructure currently have a policy that prevents police officers from assessing people for special licences if they do not hold the relevant licence themselves? (4) If so, what is this policy and how is it administered? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(2) Do all the officers at these locations who are administering these licences have these licences themselves? (3) Does the Department for Planning and Infrastructure currently have a policy that prevents police officers from assessing people for special licences if they do not hold the relevant licence themselves? (4) If so, what is this policy and how is it administered? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(3) Does the Department for Planning and Infrastructure currently have a policy that prevents police officers from assessing people for special licences if they do not hold the relevant licence themselves? (4) If so, what is this policy and how is it administered? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(4) If so, what is this policy and how is it administered? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(1) Yes. (2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(2) Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 does not require the assessors to hold the class of licence they are assessing. (3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(3) No. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.

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