Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021
sec.61Experience requirements for lower class licences
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sec.61 Experience requirements for lower class licences
For section 56 (2) (a) , a person satisfies the experience requirements for a lower class licence if the person holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the lower class licence, a relevant driver licence that is of a higher class than the lower class licence. For subsection (1) , a relevant driver licence that is a non-Queensland driver licence is of a higher class than a lower class licence if the non-Queensland driver licence corresponds to a Queensland driver licence of a class that is higher than the class of the lower class licence. A non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a class LR Queensland driver licence is of a higher class than a lower class licence that is a class C Queensland driver licence. In this section— relevant driver licence means— a heavy vehicle class provisional licence, probationary licence or open licence; or a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a heavy vehicle class Queensland driver licence mentioned in paragraph (a) . (sec.61-ssec.1) For section 56 (2) (a) , a person satisfies the experience requirements for a lower class licence if the person holds or has held, within the period of 5 years before the person applies for the lower class licence, a relevant driver licence that is of a higher class than the lower class licence. (sec.61-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , a relevant driver licence that is a non-Queensland driver licence is of a higher class than a lower class licence if the non-Queensland driver licence corresponds to a Queensland driver licence of a class that is higher than the class of the lower class licence. A non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a class LR Queensland driver licence is of a higher class than a lower class licence that is a class C Queensland driver licence. (sec.61-ssec.3) In this section— relevant driver licence means— a heavy vehicle class provisional licence, probationary licence or open licence; or a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a heavy vehicle class Queensland driver licence mentioned in paragraph (a) .
- (a) a heavy vehicle class provisional licence, probationary licence or open licence; or
- (b) a non-Queensland driver licence that corresponds to a heavy vehicle class Queensland driver licence mentioned in paragraph (a) .