16Duration of provisional licences

16 Duration of provisional licences

(1)  A provisional licence, under regulation 15 , is to be issued –

(a) for a period of 12 months in the case of a P1 provisional licence; or

(b) for a period of up to 2 years in the case of a P2 provisional licence.

(2)  Subject to subregulation (3) , a person is to hold –

(a) a P1 provisional licence for at least 12 continuous months; and

(b) a P2 provisional licence for at least –

(i) in the case of a person aged less than 23 years at the time of obtaining the P2 provisional licence, 2 years; or

(ii) in the case of a person aged 23 years but less than 25 years at the time of obtaining the P2 provisional licence, 12 months or until the person attains the age of 25 years, whichever is longer; or

(iii) in the case of a person aged 25 years or older at the time of obtaining the P2 provisional licence, 12 months.

(3)  Subregulation (2) is subject to the following qualifications:

(a) none of the following periods are to be counted as part of a period for which a person has held a provisional licence:

(i) a period for which the provisional licence is suspended;

(ii) the period between the cancellation of a provisional licence and the issue of a new provisional licence to the holder of the licence so cancelled;

(iii) a period for which the person is disqualified from driving and, if the period of disqualification is more than 4 months, and the licence is not suspended or cancelled, the period between the end of the disqualification period and the date on which a new licence is issued to the person;

(iv) a period for which the person is subject to a period of ineligibility under the demerit points scheme;

(v) a period for which the person held a provisional licence before being regressed under section 13A of the Act, as in force before the commencement of the , or being required to recommence a provisional period under of the Act;