19Restrictions on learner motorcycle licence riders

19 Restrictions on learner motorcycle licence riders (1) The holder of a learner motorcycle licence must not ride a motorbike on a road or road related area if the motorbike— (a) has a power-to-weight ratio over 150kW/t; or (b) is towing another vehicle (including a trailer).

(2) The holder of a learner motorcycle licence must not ride a motorbike on a road or road related area unless an L-plate is conspicuously displayed, the correct way up, at the rear of the motorbike, and is clearly visible from behind the motorbike. (3) The holder of a learner motorcycle licence must not ride a motorbike on a road or road related area if the motorbike is carrying a pillion passenger. (4) The holder of a learner motorcycle licence (the learner rider) must not ride a motorbike on a road or road related area if the motorbike is carrying a passenger in a sidecar attached to the motorbike (the sidecar passenger). (5) The sidecar passenger must— (a) supervise the learner rider’s riding of the motorbike; and (b) take all reasonable precautions to prevent a contravention of the road transport legislation by the learner rider. (6) Subsection (4) does not apply if the sidecar passenger holds a full motorcycle licence. (7) Subsection (5) does not apply to an authorised person testing or assessing the learner rider’s riding ability. (8) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

Learner licences Division 3.2