New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 2008 - REG 37A

37A Eligibility to apply for unrestricted licences in classes R and C

(1) A person is eligible to apply for an unrestricted licence that is a car licence or a motorcycle licence if the person is 20 years of age or over.

(2) The relevant eligibility requirements for an unrestricted car licence are:

(a) that the person has held an unrestricted car licence, or

(b) that the person has held a provisional P2 licence that is a car licence for a continuous period of at least 24 months, or

(c) that the person has held a relevant external driver licence for a continuous period of at least 36 months, or

(d) that the person has held both a provisional licence in New South Wales that is a car licence and a relevant external driver licence of a class or type considered appropriate by the Authority where each of the licences were held for continuous periods that, when added together, equate to a total period of at least 36 months, or

(e) that the person has held a pre-graduated scheme provisional licence of a type considered appropriate by the Authority for a continuous period of at least 12 months.

(3) The relevant eligibility requirements for an unrestricted motorcycle licence are:

(a) that the person has held an unrestricted motorcycle licence, or

(b) that the person is a person to whom clause 27 (5) applies, or

(c) that the person has held a provisional P2 licence that is a motorcycle licence for a continuous period of at least 24 months, or

(d) that the person has held a relevant external driver licence of a class or type considered appropriate by the Authority for a continuous period of at least 36 months, or

(e) that the person has held both a provisional licence in New South Wales that is a motorcycle licence and a relevant external driver licence of a class or type considered appropriate by the Authority where each of the licences were held for continuous periods that, when added together, equate to a total period of at least 36 months, or

(f) that the person has held a provisional P1 licence that is a motorcycle licence issued by the Authority before 1 July 2009 for a continuous period of 12 months, or

(g) that the person has held a pre-graduated scheme provisional licence of a type considered appropriate by the Authority for a continuous period of at least 12 months.

Note: Clause 27 (5) provides that an unrestricted licence of class R may be issued to an applicant who is eligible to be issued with a P2 provisional licence of class R in certain circumstances.

(4) In determining a continuous period for the purposes of this clause, any period of suspension of the licence concerned is not to be included.

(5) In this clause, "pre-graduated scheme provisional licence" means a provisional licence issued under the Act before 1 July 2000 (being the date on which the graduated licensing scheme for learner drivers was first introduced).