Applying for hire car driver authority

What to do to become a hire car driver

• Private Hire Vehicle Driver Authorisation Package (pdf 152KB)
• Application for an Authority to Drive Taxi-Cab or Private Hire Vehicle (pdf 209KB)
• Medical Assessment Public Passenger Vehicle Driver Form (pdf 105KB)
• Medical Specialist Assessment Report Form (pdf 68KB)
• Proving your identity

Applying for a hire car driver authority

The criteria for hire car driver authorisation are the requirements that applicants must meet before a hire car driver authority can be issued by Transport for NSW, and are contained in the driver authorisation information package.

To apply an applicant must be at least 20 years of age and must:

• Hold a driver licence
• Have read and understood the criteria, conditions and procedures for authorisation as outlined in the authorisation package
• Have had a medical practitioner complete a Medical Assessment Public Passenger Vehicle Driver Form (pdf 105KB)
• If a further medical referral is required, have had a medical specialist complete a Medical Specialist Assessment Report Form (pdf 68K)
• Have completed and signed the application form and declaration, and attached all of the documents requested
• Have satisfied the Director General that they:
  • Are of good repute and in all other respects a fit and proper person to be the driver of a hire car
  • Have sufficient responsibility to drive a hire car in accordance with law and custom.
• Obtain a cheque or money order for $45, payable to Transport for NSW, being the fee for application. Please do not send cash in post.

Lodging your application

Deliver your completed application form, all the documentation and your cheque for payment to:

Roads and Maritime Services
Level 4, 16-18 Wentworth Street
Parramatta NSW 2150

Alternatively, post your application to:

The Transport Operations Division, Transport for NSW
Locked Bag 5085
Parramatta NSW 2124

You must await authorisation prior to undertaking work as a hire car driver.

Related links

• Mutual recognition of drivers
• Notification of change of address form (pdf 77KB)
• Proving your identity to Transport for NSW

Alternate forms

• Application for an Authority to Drive Taxi-Cab or Private Hire Vehicle (doc 2MB)
• Medical Assessment Public Passenger Vehicle Driver Form (doc 2MB)
• Medical Specialist Assessment Report Form (doc 2MB)