25Consideration of application and decision

25 Consideration of application and decision

Reg. 25(1) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 11).

(1) After considering an application for the grant or variation of a driver licence or learner permit, the Secretary must—

Reg. 25(1)(a) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 11).

(a) grant a driver licence or learner permit of the category, or make the variation, applied for, subject to any conditions that the Secretary considers to be appropriate; or

(b) refuse, under regulation 66, to grant a driver licence or learner permit of the category, or to make the variation, applied for.

The grant of a driver licence or learner permit to a person to whom section 31KA or 31KB of the Act applies must be made subject to an alcohol interlock condition.

Reg. 25(2) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 11).

(2) In considering the application, the Secretary may have regard to a judgment, order or decision made in accordance with the Act or another Australian law or the law of another country under which authority is given to drive motor vehicles on highways.