Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2021

In this regulation – driving assessment officer means any of the following persons who is testing or assessing a driver for the purposes of these regulations:a police officer; a person acting on behalf of the Registrar; a person – employed, contracted or otherwise connected with an organisation that has a written agreement with the Department to provide testing or assessing; and who tests or assesses the driver in accordance with such an agreement.

A person must not drive a motor vehicle on a public street under the authority of a learner licence unless a sign issued or authorised by the Registrar displaying the letter "L" in black lettering on a yellow background (an L-plate) is displayed so as to be clearly visible – in the case of a motor cycle, at the rear of the motor cycle; or in the case of any other motor vehicle, from the front and rear of the motor vehicle or, if the motor vehicle is towing a trailer and the trailer would obscure the visibility of the letter displayed at the rear of the motor vehicle, from the front of the motor vehicle and from the rear of the trailer. Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

A person must not drive a motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, on a public street under the authority of a learner licence unless – the driver is accompanied by – a person who holds a full licence, other than a restricted driver licence, of a class that would authorise the person to drive the vehicle, has held such a licence continuously for the previous 12-month period, and is instructing the driver to drive; or a driving assessment officer who is testing or assessing the driver for the purposes of these regulations; and the person instructing the driver, or the driving assessment officer submitting the driver to a test or an assessment, is – in the case of a car or truck, seated next to the driver on a seat in the same general transverse plane as the driver's seat; or in the case of a bus, seated directly behind the front door of the bus or seated or standing in some other appropriate position close to the driver; and there is no-one between the driver and the person instructing the driver, or the driving assessment officer submitting the driver to the test or assessment. Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

A novice driver who holds a learner licence for a car must not tow another vehicle while driving on a public street. Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

The holder of a motor cycle licence issued as a learner licence must not drive a motor cycle on a public street carrying another person unless – the other person – has held a motor cycle licence, other than a learner licence, for a continuous period of at least 3 years and continues to hold such a licence; and is being carried for the purpose of giving driving instruction to the driver and is seated next to the driver in a side car or behind the driver on a pillion seat; and the driver and the other person are the only persons who are being carried on the motor cycle. Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

The holder of a motor cycle licence issued as a learner licence must not drive a motor cycle on a public street unless the motor cycle is a learner approved motor cycle. Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.