s.33Provision of information, etc., relating to disabilities
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Section 33Part 3 — Licensing of Drivers of Vehicles

Provision of information, etc., relating to disabilities

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If, at any time during the validity period of the licence, the holder of a licence becomes aware that —
that person is suffering from a relevant disability which that person has not previously disclosed to the Director; or
a relevant disability from which that person has at any time suffered, and which has been previously disclosed, has become more acute since the licence was granted,
that licence holder shall forthwith notify the Director in writing of the nature and extent of that person's disability.
A person who fails without reasonable excuse to notify the Director under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars.
If the Director has reasonable grounds for believing that an applicant for, or holder of, a licence may be suffering from a relevant disability, subsection (4) applies for the purpose of enabling the Director to satisfy themselves whether or not that is the case.
The Director may, by notice in writing served on the applicant or holder —
require that person, as soon as practicable, to arrange to submit themselves for examination by such medical practitioner or practitioners as may be nominated by the Director for the purpose of determining whether or not that person suffers or has at any time suffered from a relevant disability; or
require that person to submit themselves for a driving test, being a test authorising the grant of a licence in respect of vehicles —
of all or any of the groups to which the application relates; or
which that person is authorised to drive by the licence which that person holds.
If the Director considers it appropriate to do so in the case of any applicant for, or holder of, a licence, the Director may —
include in a single notice under subsection (4) requirements under more than one paragraph of that subsection; and
at any time after the service of a notice under that subsection, serve a further notice or notices under that subsection.
If a person on whom a notice is served under subsection (4) fails —
without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement contained in the notice; or
a driving test which that person is required to take under paragraph (b) of that subsection,
the Director may exercise that Director's powers under sections 31 and 32 as if that Director was satisfied that the applicant or licence holder concerned is suffering from a relevant disability.
Where the Director exercises the powers referred to in subsection (6), the applicant or licence holder may, within thirty days of notification of the decision, appeal in writing to the Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers' Licensing, who may conduct such investigation, seek such opinions and do such other things as that Chief Officer considers necessary or expedient to assist that person in arriving at a decision.

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relevant disability

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