10When road transport authority may issue or renew driver

10 When road transport authority may issue or renew driver licences (1) The road transport authority may issue a driver licence (including a driver licence as varied) to a person only if— (a) the authority is satisfied the person is a resident of the ACT; and (b) the person is eligible under this Act to be issued with the driver (c) the person has surrendered, in accordance with the regulations, any Australian driver licence or external driver licence held by the person. (2) However, the road transport authority may issue the driver licence to the person without the person surrendering an Australian driver licence or external driver licence if the authority is satisfied the licence has been stolen, lost or destroyed. (3) Also, if the person holds an external driver licence, the road transport authority may issue the driver licence to the person without the person surrendering the external driver licence in the circumstances prescribed by regulation. (4) The road transport authority must not renew a person’s driver licence if the authority is satisfied the person is no longer a resident of the ACT.