Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999

The road transport authority may issue a driver licence (including a driver licence as varied) to a person only if—

the authority is satisfied the person is a resident of the ACT; and

the person is eligible under this Act to be issued with the driver licence; and

the person has surrendered, in accordance with the regulations, any Australian driver licence or external driver licence held by the person.

However, the road transport authority may issue the driver licence to the person without the person surrendering an Australian driver licence or external driver licence if the authority is satisfied the licence has been stolen, lost or destroyed.

Also, if the person holds an external driver licence, the road transport authority may issue the driver licence to the person without the person surrendering the external driver licence in the circumstances prescribed by regulation.

The road transport authority must not renew a person’s driver licence if the authority is satisfied the person is no longer a resident of the ACT.

Subsections (1) and (4), as far as they require a person to be a resident of the ACT, do not apply to––

a person who lives temporarily outside the ACT; or

a person who is the holder of a foreign driver licence who is eligible to apply for, or be issued with, a probationary licence because of the regulation, section 103AA (Overseas drivers––eligibility criteria).

This section does not limit the other circumstances in which the road transport authority may refuse to issue, vary or renew a driver licence.