99APolice motorcycle riders—licence eligibility requirement

99A Police motorcycle riders—licence eligibility requirement and exemptions—Act, s 28 (2) (1) A police officer is eligible to apply to the road transport authority for the issue of a full motorcycle licence if the police officer has successfully completed police motorcycle rider training. Note If the road transport authority approves the application, the authority must issue a full motorcycle licence (see s 36). (2) A police officer is exempt, when doing police motorcycle rider training or police motorcycle rider assessment, from— (a) holding an Australian driver licence that authorises the police officer to ride a motorbike; and (b) the following provisions: (i) division 3.2 (Learner licences); (ii) division 3.3 (Provisional licences). AFP means the Australian Federal Police. police motorcycle rider assessment means an assessment conducted by an AFP employee or contractor of a police officer’s ability to ride a motorbike in the exercise of the police officer’s functions as a police officer. police motorcycle rider training means training provided by the AFP, or an AFP contractor, that teaches a police officer how to ride a motorbike for the purpose of the exercise of the police officer’s functions as a police officer.