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

An application for a driver licence must – be made to the Registrar in an approved form; and contain the information required in the approved form; and be accompanied by the evidence required by the Registrar of the applicant's – name; and date of birth; and residential address; and eligibility to hold a driver licence of the relevant class; and if there is no postal service to the applicant's residential address, state a postal address for the service of notices on the applicant; and disclose details of any disqualification from driving imposed on the applicant under the law of Tasmania, another Australian jurisdiction, an external territory or a foreign country; and be accompanied by each applicable scheduled fee for the licence including, if the applicant has previously held a licence that has been cancelled, any fee payable in that case.

An applicant for a driver licence must – submit to the taking of a photograph, for inclusion on the licence – by a person authorised by the Registrar to take such photographs; or under alternative arrangements acceptable to the Registrar; and provide a specimen signature as required by the Registrar for inclusion on the licence.

No fee is payable for the issue of a driver licence if – an application for the driver licence is made by a person who holds an Australian driver licence issued under a corresponding law; and the applicant is entitled to the issue of the driver licence under the principle of mutual recognition.

A person who holds a driver licence of a particular class and who is eligible for, and intends to hold, a licence of another class must apply for the licence of the other class.

A person who is disqualified from driving may, within one month before the end of the period of disqualification, make an application for a driver licence, other than a restricted driver licence, but, in that event, the driver licence is not to be issued until the period of disqualification has ended.