10Eligibility to hold licence

10 Eligibility to hold licence

(1)  A person is eligible to hold a driver licence of a particular class if the person –

(a) is a natural person resident in Tasmania; and

(b) either –

(i) complies with the eligibility criteria for a driver licence of the relevant class prescribed by the regulations; or

(ii) is eligible to hold a driver licence of the relevant class under the principle of mutual recognition.

(2)  A person is eligible to hold a driver licence of a particular class under the principle of mutual recognition if the person holds an Australian driver licence of the corresponding class issued under a corresponding law.