Fit and proper assessment and disqualifying offences

Fit and proper assessment

You will have to undergo a fit and proper assessment to drive or operate a commercial passenger vehicle in the Northern Territory (NT).

The fit and proper assessment may include any of the following:

• national police check - read how to apply for a national police certificate from SAFE NT
• traffic history check - read how to apply for your driver licence history
• bankruptcy check from the Australian Financial Security Authority
• a work history and rehabilitation check
• record of complaints history
• referee reports.

Read more about the assessment in the Fit and proper assessments and disqualifying
offences for the commercial passenger vehicle industry information bulletin PDF (227.3 KB).

Disqualifying offences and appeals

A disqualifying offence is a sexual offence or serious offence in any jurisdiction.

All commercial passenger vehicle drivers or operators in the NT must notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles if they have a disqualifying offence on their record.

If you have been convicted of a disqualifying offence:

• you will not be considered fit and proper to obtain an H endorsement or operator accreditation 
• and your current H endorsement and/or operator accreditation will be cancelled.

A disqualifying offence will not prevent you from driving or operating if you fit one of the following:

• your conviction is a spent record
• you were discharged without any penalty being imposed for the conviction
• the chief executive officer of the department has decided it does not disqualify you
• the local court has decided you may hold, or continue to hold, an H endorsement or accreditation, despite the conviction.

You can apply for a review of a disqualifying offence on the grounds of exceptional circumstances.

Before you apply

You will need a written statement detailing the exceptional circumstances of your conviction for a disqualifying offence.

How to apply

Complete an application for review of a disqualifying offence on the grounds of exceptional circumstances PDF (48.7 KB) and lodge the form 

• in person at a Motor Vehicle Registry office
• via post to:
  Manager Commercial Passenger Vehicles
  CPV Disqualifying Offence Review
  Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics
  GPO Box 2520, Darwin NT 0801
• by emailing it to cpv.admin@nt.gov.au.