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Land Transport Act 1998

Offences relating to driving (other than alcohol- and drug-related offences) and penalties - Offences relating to driver licensing

33A: Offence to operate as driving instructor without authorisation

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“You can't teach driving for money without a special licence”

If you want to teach people how to drive and get paid for it, you need to have a special licence. This licence lets you work as a driving instructor. If you try to teach driving without this licence, you are breaking the law.

If you get caught teaching driving without the right licence, you could be in trouble. The most you might have to pay as a punishment is $1,000.

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Part 5 Offences relating to driving (other than alcohol- and drug-related offences) and penalties
Offences relating to driver licensing

33AOffence to operate as driving instructor without authorisation

  1. A person commits an offence if the person provides, or offers or agrees to provide, driving instruction in a motor vehicle for financial or commercial gain without an appropriate current driver licence authorising the person to operate as a driving instructor.

  2. The maximum penalty on conviction for an offence against subsection (1) is a fine not exceeding $1,000.

Notes
  • Section 33A: inserted, on , by section 22 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).