Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2017
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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—
(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,
(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,
(c) an electrically power-assisted cycle within the meaning of the Road Rules 2014, rule 15–1,
(c1) a bicycle referred to in the Road Rules 2014, rule 15–1(2),
(d) any motor vehicle or trailer that—
(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
(ii) is not capable of travelling at more than 10 km/h (on level ground),
(e) an electric skateboard within the meaning of the Road Rules 2014 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, rule 228–1.
(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—
(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,
(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,