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

This section applies to a person who applies for a lower class licence if the person—

either—

holds a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a heavy vehicle class Queensland driver licence (the current licence); or

has held, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the lower class licence, a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a heavy vehicle class Queensland driver licence (the previous licence); and

is eligible for the lower class licence under this division.

The person is eligible for a lower class licence that is of a category and type that corresponds to the current licence or previous licence, but only if the person is at least the minimum age stated for the lower class licence in division 3, subdivision 2, 3 or 4.

Subsection (4) applies if the person—

has been disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence; and

has not held a provisional licence, a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a provisional licence or an O type licence since the person’s period of disqualification ended; and

has not held a probationary licence, or a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a probationary licence, for a total period of at least 1 year since the person’s period of disqualification ended.

Despite subsection (2)—

the only category of Queensland driver licence the person is eligible for is a probationary licence; and

if the person’s previous licence was an O type licence—the person is eligible for a P probationary licence only.