Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021
sec.421Alternative experience requirements for persons who hold class C P1 probationary licences
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sec.421 Alternative experience requirements for persons who hold class C P1 probationary licences
This section applies in relation to a person who— holds a class C P1 probationary licence; and has held a class C P1 type licence that was cancelled because the person was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence; and is required to pass a hazard perception test for a class C motor vehicle to be eligible for a class C P2 provisional licence, P2 probationary licence or open licence under section 413; and has not passed the hazard perception test. Section 26(1)(b) applies in relation to the person’s eligibility for a class C P1 provisional licence as if a reference in that section to chapter 3, part 2, division 3, subdivision 2, 3 or 4 were a reference to chapter 3, part 2, division 3, subdivision 2, 3 or 4 or subsection (3). For section 26(1)(b), as modified by subsection (2), the person satisfies the experience requirements for a class C P1 provisional licence if the person has held, since the person’s period of disqualification ended and within the last 5 years, a P1 probationary licence for a period of at least 1 year. Subsection (5) applies if the person is eligible under section 26, as modified by subsection (2), for a class C P1 provisional licence because the person satisfies the experience requirements for the licence under subsection (3). Section 197(2) to (5) applies in relation to the person as if— a reference in the section to a current licence were a reference to the person’s class C P1 probationary licence; and a reference in section 197(2) or (5) to a new licence were a reference to the class C P1 provisional licence. (sec.421-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a person who— holds a class C P1 probationary licence; and has held a class C P1 type licence that was cancelled because the person was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence; and is required to pass a hazard perception test for a class C motor vehicle to be eligible for a class C P2 provisional licence, P2 probationary licence or open licence under section 413; and has not passed the hazard perception test. (sec.421-ssec.2) Section 26(1)(b) applies in relation to the person’s eligibility for a class C P1 provisional licence as if a reference in that section to chapter 3, part 2, division 3, subdivision 2, 3 or 4 were a reference to chapter 3, part 2, division 3, subdivision 2, 3 or 4 or subsection (3). (sec.421-ssec.3) For section 26(1)(b), as modified by subsection (2), the person satisfies the experience requirements for a class C P1 provisional licence if the person has held, since the person’s period of disqualification ended and within the last 5 years, a P1 probationary licence for a period of at least 1 year. (sec.421-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if the person is eligible under section 26, as modified by subsection (2), for a class C P1 provisional licence because the person satisfies the experience requirements for the licence under subsection (3). (sec.421-ssec.5) Section 197(2) to (5) applies in relation to the person as if— a reference in the section to a current licence were a reference to the person’s class C P1 probationary licence; and a reference in section 197(2) or (5) to a new licence were a reference to the class C P1 provisional licence.