Applicants must be at least 20 years of age and must:
Hold a NSW driver licence (fully unrestricted).
Have read and understood the criteria, conditions and procedures for authorisation as outlined in the authorisation package.
Have attended and successfully completed an assessment of English language applicable to taxi drivers at the Adult Migrant English Service (AMES).
Have had a medical practitioner complete a Medical Assessment Public Passenger Vehicle Driver Form Link to external website.
If a further medical referral is required, have had a medical specialist complete a Medical Specialist Assessment Report Form Link to external website.
Have completed and signed the Application for an Authority to Drive Taxi-Cab or Private Hire Vehicle Link to external website, and attached all of the documents requested.
Have satisfied Roads and Maritime Services that they:
are of good repute and in all other respects a fit and proper person to be the driver of a taxi
have sufficient responsibility to drive a taxi in accordance with law and custom.