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Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2017
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#### 36 High performance vehicle restrictions
36 High performance vehicle restrictions
(cf 2008 Reg cl 32)
> > (1) In addition to any other conditions that may be attached to a provisional licence, such a licence (other than a motorcycle licence) is subject to the condition that the holder must not drive a high performance vehicle.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this clause, a high performance vehicle is a vehicle—
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> > > (a) that has a power to mass ratio greater than 130 kilowatts per tonne, or
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> > > (b) that has had any modification made to the vehicle’s engine listed for the time being in any order in force under clause 83 of the [Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2017-0451), or
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> > > (c) that is listed for the time being in TfNSW’s publication Novice Driver—High Performance Vehicle Restrictions as a high performance vehicle for the purposes of this clause.
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> > (3) If, as a result of an amendment to this clause, a vehicle that was not previously classified as a high performance vehicle becomes a high performance vehicle, subclause (1) does not apply to a provisional licence holder driving that vehicle if the licence holder was a provisional licence holder immediately before the commencement of the amendment and continues to hold that provisional licence.
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> > (4) For the purposes of this clause, the power to mass ratio of a vehicle is to be calculated in the manner determined by Transport for NSW and notified on its website.
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> > (5) A vehicle is not a high performance vehicle for the purposes of this clause if it is listed for the time being in TfNSW’s publication Novice Driver—High Performance Vehicle Restrictions as a vehicle that is not a high performance vehicle.
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> > (6) TfNSW’s publication Novice Driver—High Performance Vehicle Restrictions is to be published on TfNSW’s website.
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> **cl 36:** Am 2020 No 30, Sch 4.86\[2\] \[3\].