sec.24Licence requirements

sec.24 Licence requirements

The applicant under section 23 must hold— an open licence; or a restricted licence; or a corresponding Australian licence to a licence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) . Also, the applicant under section 23 must have held for a cumulative period of at least 3 years any of the following licences— an open licence; a probationary licence; a provisional licence; a restricted licence; a corresponding Australian licence to a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) ; a corresponding foreign licence to a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) . In addition, if the application is for driver authorisation (booked hire and taxi), the applicant must have held for a continuous period of at least 1 year any of the following licences or a series of the following licences— an open licence; a probationary licence; a provisional licence; a restricted licence; a corresponding Australian licence to a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) ; a corresponding foreign licence to a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) , but only if the corresponding foreign licence was issued by a recognised country. In this section— recognised country means a country approved by Austroads Ltd ACN 136 812 390 and listed on its website as a recognised country. s 24 amd 2019 SL No. 218 s 8 ; 2026 SL No. 7 s 6 ; 2026 SL No. 4 s 12 (sec.24-ssec.1) The applicant under section 23 must hold— an open licence; or a restricted licence; or a corresponding Australian licence to a licence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) . (sec.24-ssec.2) Also, the applicant under section 23 must have held for a cumulative period of at least 3 years any of the following licences— an open licence; a probationary licence; a provisional licence; a restricted licence; a corresponding Australian licence to a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) ; a corresponding foreign licence to a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) . (sec.24-ssec.3) In addition, if the application is for driver authorisation (booked hire and taxi), the applicant must have held for a continuous period of at least 1 year any of the following licences or a series of the following licences— an open licence; a probationary licence; a provisional licence; a restricted licence; a corresponding Australian licence to a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) ; a corresponding foreign licence to a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) , but only if the corresponding foreign licence was issued by a recognised country. (sec.24-ssec.4) In this section— recognised country means a country approved by Austroads Ltd ACN 136 812 390 and listed on its website as a recognised country.

• (a) an open licence; or
• (b) a restricted licence; or
• (c) a corresponding Australian licence to a licence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .