New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

23 Obtaining driving instructor endorsement

• (1) A person is entitled to obtain a driving instructor endorsement on that person's driver licence if—

  • (a) The person has made an application in accordance with clause 9 and complied with the requirements of clauses 10, 11, 13, and 14; and

  • (b) The person holds, and has held for at least 2 years, a full licence of a class that authorises the person to drive a vehicle of a type in which the applicant intends to provide instruction; and

  • (c) The person provides evidence of his or her successful completion of an approved course of a type specified in clause 93(b)(iv); and

  • (d) the person passes a full licence test under clause 48(1) unless, in the 5 years immediately preceding the date of application, the person has passed a full licence test required for a Class 1 licence; and

  • (e) The person produces a medical certificate in accordance with clause 44; and

  • (f) The person consents to the carrying out of checks as to whether or not the person is a fit and proper person to be the holder of a driving instructor endorsement, and consents to the carrying out of those checks from time to time during the period of validity of the endorsement; and

  • (g) The Agency is satisfied in accordance with clause 35(1) that the person is a fit and proper person to be the holder of a driving instructor endorsement.

  (2) Despite subclause (1), a person who holds a driving instructor endorsement and who applies to add another class of vehicle to that endorsement is entitled to obtain a driving instructor endorsement for that class of vehicle if—

  • (a) The person holds, and has held for at least 2 years, a full licence of a class that authorises the person to drive that class of vehicle; and

  • (b) The person complies with—

    • (i) The provisions listed in subclause (1)(a), other than clause 13; and

    • (ii) Subclause (1)(f) and (g).

  Subclause (1)(d) was substituted, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 11 Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84).

  Subclause (1)(f) was amended, as from 4 October 1999, by clause 9(1) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 1999 (SR 1999/302) by substituting the words “during the period of validity of the endorsement” for the words “for a further period of 5 years”.

  Clause 23(1)(g): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).

  Subclause (2) was inserted, as from 4 October 1999, by clause 9(2) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 1999 (SR 1999/302).