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#### 99 Other exemptions from licensing
99 Other exemptions from licensing
(cf 2008 Reg cl 102)
> > (1) A person is exempted from the requirements of section 53(1) of the Act in respect of the driving of any of the following vehicles—
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> > > (a) any motor vehicle or trailer while it is being driven by the person who is being submitted (as an applicant for a licence) to a driving test by a police officer or a person authorised by Transport for NSW or by the Commissioner of Police to test drivers,
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> > > (b) any motor vehicle or trailer, weighing not more than 250 kg when unladen, that is constructed or used solely for cutting grass or for purposes incidental to cutting grass,
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> > > (c) an electrically power-assisted cycle within the meaning of the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 15–1,
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> > > (c1) a bicycle referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 15–1(2),
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> > > (d) any motor vehicle or trailer that—
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> > > > (i) is specially constructed to be used, and while on a road or road related area is used, solely for the conveyance of a person with a disability which impairs the person’s mobility, and
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> > > > (ii) is not capable of travelling at more than 10 km/h (on level ground),
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> > > (e) an electric skateboard within the meaning of the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758) if, while on a road or road related area, a person is driving the electric skateboard in the circumstances set out in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 228–1.
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> > (2) Section 54(1)(a), (3)(a), (4)(a) and (5)(a)(i) and (b)(i) of the Act does not apply to the driving of any of the following vehicles—
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> > > (a) any motor vehicle or trailer while it is being driven by a person who is being submitted (as an applicant for a licence) to a driving test by a police officer or a person authorised by Transport for NSW or by the Commissioner of Police to test drivers,
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> > > (b) any motor vehicle or trailer, weighing not more than 250 kg when unladen, that is constructed or used solely for cutting grass or for purposes incidental to cutting grass,
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> > > (c) an electrically power-assisted cycle within the meaning of the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 15–1,
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> > > (c1) a bicycle referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 15–1(2),
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> > > (d) any motor vehicle or trailer that is specially constructed to be used, and while on a road or road related area is used, solely for the conveyance of a person with a disability which impairs the person’s mobility and is not capable of travelling at more than 10 km/h (on level ground),
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> > > (e) an electric skateboard within the meaning of the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758) if, while on a road or road related area, a person is driving the electric skateboard in the circumstances set out in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 228–1.
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> > (3) This subclause, subclause (1)(c1) and subclause (2)(c1) are repealed on 28 February 2029 at the end of the day.
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> **cl 99:** Am 2021 No 22, Sch 5.13\[3\] \[4\]; 2022 (692), Sch 2\[5\]; 2023 (74), Sch 2\[1\]–\[4\]; 2026 (118), Sch 2\[1\]–\[4\].