sec.137Eligibility for class HC provisional licences, probationary licences and open licences

sec.137 Eligibility for class HC provisional licences, probationary licences and open licences

This section applies to a person if— the chief executive has approved, under section 134 , an application claiming the person has a special need for a class HC Queensland driver licence; and the person applies for a class HC provisional licence, probationary licence or open licence (the new licence ). The person is eligible for the new licence if the person— holds a class HC learner licence; and holds a class C, or class LR, provisional licence, probationary licence or open licence (the current licence ); and has held the current licence, and any other class C, or class LR, provisional licences, probationary licences or O type licences, for a total period of at least 1 year within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the new licence; and passes each road rules test for the new licence; and passes a practical driving test in a class HC motor vehicle. However— subsection (2) (d) does not apply if the person is not required to pass a road rules test for the new licence under section 182 ; and subsection (2) (e) does not apply if the person is not required to pass a practical driving test for the new licence under section 184 or 185 . If the person is eligible for the new licence, the person is eligible for a class HC Queensland driver licence that is the same category and type as the current licence. In subsection (2) (c) — a reference to a class C or class LR provisional licence includes a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a class C or class LR provisional licence; and a reference to a class C or class LR probationary licence includes a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a class C or class LR probationary licence. (sec.137-ssec.1) This section applies to a person if— the chief executive has approved, under section 134 , an application claiming the person has a special need for a class HC Queensland driver licence; and the person applies for a class HC provisional licence, probationary licence or open licence (the new licence ). (sec.137-ssec.2) The person is eligible for the new licence if the person— holds a class HC learner licence; and holds a class C, or class LR, provisional licence, probationary licence or open licence (the current licence ); and has held the current licence, and any other class C, or class LR, provisional licences, probationary licences or O type licences, for a total period of at least 1 year within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the new licence; and passes each road rules test for the new licence; and passes a practical driving test in a class HC motor vehicle. (sec.137-ssec.3) However— subsection (2) (d) does not apply if the person is not required to pass a road rules test for the new licence under section 182 ; and subsection (2) (e) does not apply if the person is not required to pass a practical driving test for the new licence under section 184 or 185 . (sec.137-ssec.4) If the person is eligible for the new licence, the person is eligible for a class HC Queensland driver licence that is the same category and type as the current licence. (sec.137-ssec.5) In subsection (2) (c) — a reference to a class C or class LR provisional licence includes a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a class C or class LR provisional licence; and a reference to a class C or class LR probationary licence includes a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a class C or class LR probationary licence.