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Applying for a Hire Car Driver Authority
What do I need to do to become a hire car driver?
- Private Hire Vehicle Driver Authorisation Package
- Application for an Authority to Drive Taxi-Cab or Private Hire Vehicle
- Medical Assessment Public Passenger Vehicle Driver Form
- Medical Specialist Assessment Report Form
- Proving Your Identity to the Ministry
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 the Ministry, 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
- If a further medical referral is required, have had a medical specialist complete a Medical Specialist Assessment Report Form
- 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 the Ministry, 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:
The Transport Operations Division
Level 4, 16-18 Wentworth Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
Alternatively, post your application to:
The Transport Operations Division
Locked Bag 5085
Parramatta NSW 2124
You must await authorisation prior to undertaking work as a hire car driver.
