Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 77AB

77AB Confirming Queensland driver licence is valid

(1) This section applies if a person (the
"enquirer" ) gives the chief executive, by electronic communication, all of the following items of information about a Queensland driver licence (the
"identifying information" )—

(a) the name and date of birth of the person in whose name the licence is issued;

(b) the number of the licence;

(c) any other information prescribed by a regulation.

(2) If all of the items of identifying information match the information held by the department for the licence, the chief executive may, by electronic communication, confirm this with the enquirer and advise whether the licence is valid.

(3) If some of the items of identifying information do not match the information held by the department for the licence, the chief executive may, by electronic communication, advise the enquirer of this but must not advise which of the items do not match.

(4) In this section—

"valid" , in relation to a Queensland driver licence, means—

(a) the licence has not expired; or

(b) the licence has not been cancelled or suspended; or

(c) the person in whose name the licence is issued is not disqualified from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence.