Malaysia legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Amendment of section 56
(a)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) The Director shall not issue a vocational licence unless he is satisfied that—
(a)
in the case of a licence to drive, the applicant is over the age of twenty-one;
(b)
in the case of a licence to act as a conductor, the applicant is over the age of eighteen;
(c)
the applicant is not a person holding a learner’s driving licence or a probationary driving licence;
(d)
in the case of an applicant who is a self-employed person, the applicant is registered and has paid the contribution under the Self-Employment
Social Security Act 2017 [Act 789]; and
(e)
the applicant fulfils such other conditions as may be prescribed.”;
(b)
in subsection (4)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), by deleting the word “or” after the words “such licence;”; and
Road Transport (Amendment)
(ii)
by inserting after paragraph (a) the following paragraph:
“(aa) the holder of the vocational licence is a self-employed person, the vocational licence holder has not registered and has not paid the contribution under the Self-Employment Social Security
Act 2017; or”; and
(c)
by inserting after subsection (9) the following subsection:
“(10) For the purposes of this section, “self-employed person” shall have the same meaning as assigned to that expression in the Self-Employment Social Security
Act 2017.”.
Substitution of section 57