National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation – Driver Licensing) Regulations 2006
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Australian driver licence means:
(a) a driver licence; or
(b) a licence, probationary licence, conditional licence, provisional licence or driver licence receipt (other than a learner licence) issued under a law in force in a State or internal Territory authorising the holder to drive a motor vehicle on a road or road related area.
class, of a driver licence, means a class of licence established by the Supporting Principles.
conditional licence means a licence issued as a conditional licence in accordance with the Supporting Principles.
Contracting State means a foreign country that is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic, Geneva, 1949.
corresponding law means the law of another jurisdiction under which authority is given to drive motor vehicles on roads or road related areas.
drive includes having control over the steering, movement or propulsion of a vehicle.
driver licence means:
(a) a licence (including a probationary licence and a conditional licence but not including a provisional or learner licence) issued in accordance with the Supporting Principles authorising the holder to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on a road or road related area; or
(b) a driver licence receipt.
driver licence receipt means a receipt that:
(a) is issued following an application for an Australian driver licence and after payment of any applicable fee; and
(b) authorises the holder to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on a road or road related area.
driver licensing authority means the authority appointed by the Minister under primary principle 6.
foreign driver licence means a licence to drive a motor vehicle held by an international visitor and issued in the country in which the person is ordinarily resident.
Gazette means the Government of the State or Territory concerned.
infringement notice means a notice giving a person alleged to have committed an offence described in the Supporting Principles the option of paying an amount instead of being charged with the offence.
international driving permit means a permit issued by: