126Demerit points incurred by applicants for issue or

126 Demerit points incurred by applicants for issue or renewal of additional provisional classes authority for the variation of a driver licence to include an additional class, or the renewal of a driver licence with an additional provisional class, if the person has incurred demerit points within the previous 3 years.

Demerit points—additional provisional class Division 8.2 (2) If the person has not at any time held an Australian driver licence of the additional class and section 26 (When additional class to be included as provisional class) requires the road transport authority to include the additional class in the licence as an additional provisional class, the authority may approve the application and vary the licence despite the demerit points that the person has incurred in the previous 3 years. (3) If the person is the holder of an Australian driver licence that includes the additional class as an additional provisional class, or has at any time held an Australian driver licence of that class, the road transport authority may approve the application and issue to the person a driver licence that includes the additional provisional class, or renew the licence, despite the demerit points that the person has incurred in the previous 3 years. (4) However, if the road transport authority issues a driver licence that includes the additional provisional class to the person under subsection (3), or renews the person’s driver licence that includes an additional provisional class under the subsection, and the person has incurred 4 or more demerit points since the person was issued with the driver licence with the additional provisional class, the authority must serve a notice of additional provisional class suspension on the person under section 128 (Notice of suspension of additional provisional class).