Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Fire Brigade Members Exemption 2011 (No 1)*
Notifiable Instrument NI2011 – 565
made under the  
Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000, section 93 (Exemption by authority from requirement to hold licence)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Fire Brigade Members Exemption 2011 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day it is signed. 
3	Exemption
I exempt a person who is a member of the ACT fire brigade from the requirement to hold a heavy vehicle driver licence (medium and heavy rigid classes only) if all the circumstances listed in clause 4 apply to the person.
4	Circumstances in which exemption applies
a)	the member holds a full driver licence that is not a motorcycle licence or a restricted licence; 
b)	the member satisfies the eligibility requirements for a heavy vehicle driver licence (medium rigid class or higher), other than the requirement in section 28 (2) (h) of the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2000; 
c)	the member is accompanied by an instructor who is the holder of a full licence of the medium rigid class or higher and has held the licence for at least 1 year; and
d)	the member is undergoing driver instruction in a vehicle of the medium or heavy rigid class used by the fire brigade; and
e)	the member in training does not undertake urgent duty driving.

5	Definition
In this instrument:
a member of the ACT fire brigade means a person listed in section 45 of the Emergencies Act 2004 as constituting the fire brigade. 

Karen Anne Greenland
Delegate of the Road Transport Authority
26 September 2011