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

The holder of a driver licence may apply to the Registrar to surrender the licence.

The application must be accompanied by the driver licence or a statutory declaration made by the holder to the effect that the licence has been lost, stolen or destroyed.

If an application to surrender a driver licence is made in accordance with this regulation – the Registrar must accept the surrender unless action is currently being taken to suspend or cancel the licence on a ground other than that the holder of the licence is no longer physically or mentally fit to drive a motor vehicle; and on the Registrar’s acceptance of the surrender, the driver licence is cancelled.

Subject to subregulation (5), on surrender of a driver licence, the Registrar may refund to the former holder of the licence a proportion of the fee paid for the issue or last renewal of the licence equivalent to the proportion of the licence period remaining when the surrender took effect.

The Registrar may deduct, from the amount of the refund, the licence production fee, before making the refund, and no refund is to be made if the amount of the refund does not exceed the amount of the fee.

This regulation does not apply to the surrender of an Australian driver licence issued under a corresponding law that is surrendered in anticipation of the issue of a driver licence under these regulations.