Page 905 - Week 03 - Thursday, 2 April 2020
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There is no requirement for the HPT to be completed before the completion of competency 23 but it must be successfully completed before a person applies for a provisional licence in the same way as all other eligibility requirements must be met. Completion of the CBT&A process or a one-off government driving test is one of several eligibility requirements.
(5) The new logbook was designed to be a record of eligibility requirements for the learner driver to maintain, and all information required by the ACT Accredited Driving Instructors, including the record of competencies, was made available by email and online.
The Directorate is currently reviewing the assessment standards from which the competencies are derived and working with Access Canberra to consider whether a future edition of the logbook will include the competency details once the review of the assessment standards is completed or whether a separate book will be developed for Accredited Driving Instructors with the competency details and any other information specifically required for Accredited Driving Instructors.
(6) An Accredited Driving Instructor may issue a certificate of competency as soon as he/she is satisfied the student has met all Competency Based Training and Assessment requirements. The certificate of competency will no longer contain an expiry date. The Directorate is working with Access Canberra to remove this requirement from the certificates provided to driving instructors.
(7) All information and images describing the competencies were removed from the new logbook and provided by email and online to ACT Accredited Driving Instructors.
(8) The new logbook includes 5 pages with space for notes by the learner driver, or their supervisor and/or Accredited Driving Instructor. The Directorate will work with Access Canberra to consider whether further note pages are required in a future print run.
(9) I am informed a practice test will be made available from mid-March 2020, and the formal test will be available from 1 April 2020. The Directorate is currently working with Access Canberra on developing awareness material to advise learner drivers of the requirements, including the opportunity for practice tests and the consequences of failing.
(10) As noted above, the Code of Practice is currently being reviewed to ensure it reflects the new licensing requirements. The Directorate is also taking the opportunity to review the document in its entirety with a goal of simplifying it so that it is clearer for ADIs and government officers to understand what it applies to and what constitutes a breach of the code and that related red tape is reduced. The directorate is aiming to have the revised code of practice finalised in the next month.
(11) The formatting issues identified in (a) and (c) of this question have been addressed in the latest print run. Inclusion of specific competencies in the table of contents is not considered necessary as the competencies are in an intuitive order from page 35 as indicated in the table of contents.
(12) Access Canberra have advised me that 341 logbooks were issued with the error. ACT Accredited Driving Instructors were advised to handwrite the information in any logbooks they come across, and to assure their clients that the information will be accepted.
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