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

A provisional licence, under regulation 15, is to be issued – for a period of 12 months in the case of a P1 provisional licence; or for a period of up to 2 years in the case of a P2 provisional licence.

Subject to subregulation (3), a person is to hold – a P1 provisional licence for at least 12 continuous months; and a P2 provisional licence for at least – in the case of a person aged less than 23 years at the time of obtaining the P2 provisional licence, 2 years; or in the case of a person aged 23 years but less than 25 years at the time of obtaining the P2 provisional licence, 12 months or until the person attains the age of 25 years, whichever is longer; or in the case of a person aged 25 years or older at the time of obtaining the P2 provisional licence, 12 months.

Subregulation (2) is subject to the following qualifications:none of the following periods are to be counted as part of a period for which a person has held a provisional licence:a period for which the provisional licence is suspended; the period between the cancellation of a provisional licence and the issue of a new provisional licence to the holder of the licence so cancelled; a period for which the person is disqualified from driving and, if the period of disqualification is more than 4 months, and the licence is not suspended or cancelled, the period between the end of the disqualification period and the date on which a new licence is issued to the person; a period for which the person is subject to a period of ineligibility under the demerit points scheme; a period for which the person held a provisional licence before being regressed under section 13A of the Act, as in force before the commencement of the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Probationary Licences) Act 2017, or being required to recommence a provisional period under section 13B of the Act; if a person's provisional licence is suspended during the P1 stage – in addition to paragraph (a)(i), the period for which the person has held the provisional licence before the suspension is also not to be counted; and the period for which the person is required to hold a provisional licence is determined as if he or she had not held a provisional licence before the suspension comes to an end, irrespective of whether the person in fact then obtains a new provisional licence; if a person's provisional licence is cancelled during the P1 stage – in addition to paragraph (a)(ii), the period for which the person has held a provisional licence before the issue of a new provisional licence is also not to be counted; and the period for which the person is required to hold a provisional licence is determined as if the person first obtains a provisional licence when a new provisional licence is issued after the cancellation; if, during the P1 stage, a person is disqualified from driving for more than 4 months after the provisional licence has expired – in addition to paragraph (a)(iii), the period for which the person has held a provisional licence before the end of the period of disqualification is also not to be counted; and the period for which the person is required to hold a provisional licence is determined as if the person first obtains a provisional licence when a new provisional licence is issued; if, during the P1 stage, a person is disqualified from driving for 4 months or less or becomes subject to a period of ineligibility under the demerit points scheme after the provisional licence has expired – in addition to paragraph (a)(iv), the period for which the person has held a provisional licence before the disqualification or ineligibility is also not to be counted; and the period for which the person is required to hold a provisional licence is determined as if he or she had not held a provisional licence before the period of disqualification, or ineligibility, comes to an end, irrespective of whether the person in fact then obtains a new provisional licence.