Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021

This section applies if—

the holder of a Queensland driver licence (the current licence)—

applies for the grant of a learner licence of a different class to the current licence; or

applies to renew a learner licence at the same time as the holder applies to renew the current licence; and

the chief executive decides to grant or renew the learner licence.

Despite section 390 and schedule 7, item 4, no fee is payable for the grant or renewal of the learner licence.

Subsection (4) applies if—

the learner licence is—

a class C learner licence; or

a class RE learner licence; or

a learner licence granted to the holder on the basis that the holder is eligible for the licence under section 173(2); and

for an application to renew a learner licence mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii)—the chief executive decides to renew the current licence.

The chief executive must—

for the grant of a learner licence in relation to an application mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(i)—grant the learner licence for the remaining term of the current licence; or

for the renewal of a learner licence in relation to an application mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii)—renew the learner licence for the same term as the current licence is renewed for.