10AProvisional period of licence

10A Provisional period of licence (1) If a person: (a) applies for a licence under section 10; and (b) has not held, continuously for the relevant period, a licence to drive a motor vehicle; a licence granted to the person by the Registrar under that section is provisional only until the end of the relevant period.

Motor Vehicles Act 1949 18 (2) The relevant period is as follows: (a) if the person, at the beginning of the relevant period, is below the age of 25 years – 2 years; (b) if the person, at the beginning of the relevant period, is 25 years of age or older – 12 months. Note Subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to a licence granted after the commencement of this section. A licence granted under section 10 before the commencement of this section is provisional for the period that applied at the time of grant. (3) The relevant period can be comprised of any of the following: (a) a period of holding a licence in the Territory; (b) a period of holding a licence in another jurisdiction; (c) a continuous series of periods mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b). (4) If, while a licence is provisional, the licence is suspended, the provisional period is extended by the period for which the licence was suspended. (5) If, while a licence is provisional, the licence is cancelled and (after any disqualification period) the former holder of the licence applies for a new licence, the new licence is provisional for the relevant period (to be determined according to the person's age at the time of grant of the new licence). (6) In this section: licence does not include a learner licence or the equivalent in another jurisdiction.