New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
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(1) A person is entitled to obtain a passenger 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 driver licence of a class other than Class 6; and
(c) The person passes a full licence test under subclause (1) of clause 48 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
(d) The person provides evidence of his or her successful completion of an approved course of a type specified in clause 93(b)(i); 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 passenger 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 passenger endorsement.
(2) Despite subclause (1), a person need not comply with paragraph (d) of that subclause if,—
(a) At the close of 2 May 1999, the person held a Class CL or Class DL licence; and
(b) The person applies for a passenger endorsement before 3 May 2001.
Subclause (1)(c) was amended, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 13(1) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84) by omitting the words “or subclause (3)”
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Subclause (1)(c) was amended, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 13(2) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84) by omitting the words “or a Class 6 licence”
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Subclause (1)(f) was amended, as from 4 October 1999, by clause 10(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”
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Clause 27(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 10(2) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 1999 (SR 1999/302).