Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) This section applies to a licence for a class other than class RE or C.
(2) A person is not eligible for the licence unless--
(a) for a class R licence--
(i) the person holds a class RE licence of the same type; and
(ii) the person has held the licence for at least 1 year; or
(b) for a class LR or MR licence--
(i) the person holds a class C licence of the same type; and
(ii) the person has held the licence for at least 1 year; or
(c) for a class HR licence--
(i) the person--
(A) holds a class C licence of the same type; and
(B) has held the licence for at least 2 years; or
(ii) the person--
(A) holds a class LR or MR licence of the same type; and
(B) has held the licence at least 1 year; or
(d) for a class HC licence--
(i) the person--
(A) holds a class C licence of the same type; and
(B) has held the licence for at least 1 year; and
(C) has a special need for the class HC licence; or
(ii) the person--
(A) holds a class MR or HR licence of the same type; and
(B) has held the licence for at least 1 year; or
(e) for a class MC licence--
(i) the person holds a class HR or HC licence of the same type; and
(ii) the person has held the licence for at least 1 year; or
(f) for a class UD licence--the person holds a class C, LR, MR, HR, HC or MC licence of the same type.
(2A) However, subsection (2)(a) does not apply to a person if the chief executive is satisfied, under section 14A, that the person has a special need for a class R licence.
(2B) For calculating the period a person has held a licence, the period is taken to include the sum of any periods, within the previous 5 years, that the person has held a valid licence of the same class.
(3) In this section--
licence means--
(a) a provisional, probationary or open licence; or
(b) a driver licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to a licence mentioned in paragraph (a).