24Additional eligibility requirements for certain licences

24 Additional eligibility requirements for certain licences

(1)  A novice driver who holds a learner licence for a car is to maintain a learner driver logbook in an approved form.

(2)  A novice driver in the novice driver learner stage, or a driver who has never held a full licence, in relation to a car, is required to meet the following criteria before applying for a P1 provisional licence:

(a) the person must have held a learner licence for a continuous period of –

(i) if the person is subject to a novice case management program and is required under the program to have held a learner licence for a continuous period of less than 12 months, that period so required; or

(ii) if the person is subject to a novice case management program and is required under the program to have held a learner licence for a continuous period of greater than 12 months, that period so required; or

(iii) in any other case, at least 12 months ending not more than 28 days before applying for the P1 provisional licence;

(b) the person must have at least –

(i) if the person is subject to a novice case management program and is required under the program to have a number of hours of experience driving a car on a public street less than 80 hours, that number of hours so required; or

(ii) if the person is subject to a novice case management program and is required under the program to have a number of hours of experience driving a car on a public street greater than 80 hours, that number of hours so required; or

(iii) in any other case, 80 hours of experience driving a car on a public street –

recorded in his or her learner driver logbook before applying for the P1 provisional licence.

(3)  The hours of experience specified in subregulation (2)(b) must include at least 15 hours of experience driving a car at night.

(4)  For the purposes of subregulation (2)(b) , the Registrar may determine that the successful completion of an activity is the equivalent of a number of hours, as determined by the Registrar, of experience driving a car.