Exemptions for all classes of Queensland driver licence based on previous practical driving tests etc.
185 Exemptions for all classes of Queensland driver licence based on previous practical driving tests etc.
If a person satisfies subsection (2), the person is not required to—
pass a practical driving test for a class C, LR, MR, HR, HC, RE or R Queensland driver licence; or
hold a competency declaration for a class RE or R Queensland driver licence.
For subsection (1), the person must—
have passed, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, a practical driving test for an Australian driver licence of a class that is the same as, or corresponds to, the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for; or
comply with the following—
the person holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, a foreign driver licence of a class or kind (however described) that corresponds to the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for;
the person has, at some time, passed a practical driving test to obtain an Australian driver licence of a class that is the same as, or corresponds to, the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for.
If a person satisfies subsection (4), the person is not required to satisfy section 54(2)(b)(ii), 58(1)(b)(ii) or 172(3)(b) for a class MC Queensland driver licence.
For subsection (3), the person must—
have passed, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, a practical driving test for an interstate licence that corresponds to a class MC Queensland driver licence; or
comply with the following—
the person holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, a foreign driver licence that corresponds to a class MC Queensland driver licence;
the person has, at some time, passed a practical driving test to obtain an interstate licence that corresponds to a class MC Queensland driver licence.
However, a person does not satisfy subsection (2)(b)(i) or (4)(b)(i) if the foreign driver licence the person holds or has held corresponds to a learner licence.
In this section, other than subsection (1)—
practical driving test includes a practical driving test (however described) under a corresponding law to this regulation.
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