68Working out period a class or kind of licence has been

68 Working out period a class or kind of licence has been held (1) In working out for this part the period for which a person has, during a particular period or at any time, held an Australian driver licence of a particular class or kind (or an external territory driver licence or a foreign driver licence issued under the law of a recognised country corresponding to an Australian driver licence of a particular class or kind), the road transport authority must— (a) not count any period when the person’s licence was suspended; and (b) not count any period when the person was disqualified from holding or obtaining an Australian driver licence (or an external territory driver licence or a foreign driver licence issued under the law of a recognised country); and (c) count every other period when the person has, during that particular period or at any time, held such a licence. (2) In working out for this part the period for which a person has, during a particular period or at any time, held a provisional licence of a particular class (or an external territory driver licence or a foreign driver licence issued under the law of a recognised country corresponding to a provisional licence of a particular class), the road transport authority must count as part of that period every period when the person has, during that particular period or at any time, held a probationary licence of that class (or an external territory driver

licence or a foreign driver licence issued under the law of a recognised country corresponding to a probationary licence of that class). (3) To remove any doubt, any period when the probationary licence (or the external territory driver licence or a foreign driver licence issued under the law of a recognised country) was suspended, or the person was disqualified from holding or obtaining an Australian driver licence (or external territory driver licence or a foreign driver licence issued under the law of a recognised country), is not to be counted under subsection (2). (4) A reference in this section to an Australian driver licence of a particular class includes a reference to an Australian driver licence of any class apart from a particular class. Example of application of s (4) A reference to a provisional licence (other than a motorcycle licence). Division 3.12 Applications to obtain or vary driver