20Restrictions on learner car licence drivers

20 Restrictions on learner car licence drivers (1) The holder of a learner car licence must not drive a motor vehicle that is towing another vehicle on a road or road related area unless the other vehicle is a trailer with a GVM not over 750kg. (2) The holder of a learner car licence must not drive a motor vehicle on a road or road related area unless L-plates are conspicuously displayed, the correct way up, at the front and rear of the vehicle or on its roof, and are clearly visible from ahead of and behind the vehicle. (3) The holder of learner car licence (the learner driver) must not drive a motor vehicle on a road or road related area unless the seat next to the learner driver is occupied by a driving supervisor. (4) The driving supervisor must— (a) supervise the learner driver’s driving of the motor vehicle; and (b) take all reasonable precautions to prevent a contravention of the road transport legislation by the learner driver. (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to a driving supervisor if— (a) the driving supervisor is a driving instructor or authorised person; and (b) the supervisor is conducting— (i) driver assessment; or (ii) competency-based driver assessment. (6) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

motor vehicle does not include a motorbike.