Requirement for car driver licence
15 Requirement for car driver licence
For the purposes of regulation 14(b)(i), the requirement for an applicant for a car driver licence is that—
immediately before the licence is granted, the applicant has held an Australian learner permit to drive a car for a continuous period, being for at least the relevant period specified in subregulation (2); or
the applicant holds or, within the past 5 years, has held a licence issued in another jurisdiction or country that authorises, or authorised, the person to drive a car in that jurisdiction or country.
For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), the relevant period is—
12 months for a person who is less than 21 years old; or
6 months for a person who is at least 21 years old but less than 25 years old; or
3 months for any other person.
For the purposes of subregulation (1)(b), a licence is not to be taken to authorise the driving of a car if the licence is suspended.
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