Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021
sec.182Exemptions for all classes of Queensland driver licence
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sec.182 Exemptions for all classes of Queensland driver licence
A person is not required to pass a road rules test for a Queensland driver licence if— the person holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, an Australian driver licence of a class that is the same as, or corresponds to, the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for; or the person has passed, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, a road rules test for an Australian driver licence of a class that is the same as, or corresponds to, the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for; or the person— holds an Australian driver licence; and has passed a road rules test for the Australian driver licence that is the same as, or substantially similar to, the road rules tests the person would, but for this paragraph, be required to pass for the Queensland driver licence applied for. In subsection (1) (b) and (c) (ii) — road rules test includes a road rules test (however described) under a corresponding law to this regulation. (sec.182-ssec.1) A person is not required to pass a road rules test for a Queensland driver licence if— the person holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, an Australian driver licence of a class that is the same as, or corresponds to, the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for; or the person has passed, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, a road rules test for an Australian driver licence of a class that is the same as, or corresponds to, the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for; or the person— holds an Australian driver licence; and has passed a road rules test for the Australian driver licence that is the same as, or substantially similar to, the road rules tests the person would, but for this paragraph, be required to pass for the Queensland driver licence applied for. (sec.182-ssec.2) In subsection (1) (b) and (c) (ii) — road rules test includes a road rules test (however described) under a corresponding law to this regulation.
- (a) the person holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, an Australian driver licence of a class that is the same as, or corresponds to, the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for; or
- (b) the person has passed, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the Queensland driver licence, a road rules test for an Australian driver licence of a class that is the same as, or corresponds to, the class of the Queensland driver licence applied for; or
- (c) the person— (i) holds an Australian driver licence; and (ii) has passed a road rules test for the Australian driver licence that is the same as, or substantially similar to, the road rules tests the person would, but for this paragraph, be required to pass for the Queensland driver licence applied for.