Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2017

A driver licence that is issued to an applicant must be a provisional P2 licence of class R, class C, class LR, class MR or class HR if—

the applicant has held a licence (or combination of licences) as referred to in subclause (2), and

the applicant is not eligible to apply for an unrestricted car or motorcycle licence of the class concerned under clause 48.

For the purposes of subclause (1)(a), the applicant must have held—

a provisional P1 licence of a class considered appropriate by Transport for NSW for a continuous period of at least 12 months, or

a relevant external driver licence of a class or type considered appropriate by Transport for NSW for a continuous period of more than 12 months but less than 36 months, or

both a provisional P1 licence and a relevant external driver licence (both licences being of a class or type considered appropriate by Transport for NSW) where each of the licences were held for continuous periods that, when added together, equate to a total period of at least 12 months.

In determining a continuous period for the purposes of this clause, any period of suspension of the licence concerned must be excluded.

A provisional P2 licence is to be issued for a period of up to 36 months.

Despite subclause (1), an unrestricted licence of class R may be issued to an applicant if the applicant—

is 25 years of age or over, and

would (but for this subclause) be required to be issued with a provisional P2 licence of class R, and

holds an unrestricted Australian driver licence of class C, class LR, class MR, class HR, class HC or class MC.