Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) Subsection (2) applies to--
(a) a young driver who held a class C learner licence granted before 1 July 2007; or
(b) a young driver who holds or has held an interstate licence that corresponds to a class C learner licence; or
(c) a young driver who holds or has held a driver licence granted under the law of New Zealand, that corresponds to a class C learner licence.
(2) The young driver may apply, in the approved form, to the chief executive for credit for up to 100 hours of supervised driving in a car on a road in Australia or New Zealand completed by the young driver within 3 years before applying for credit.
(3) Subsection (4) applies to a young driver who holds or has held a driver licence, that corresponds to a class C learner licence, granted under the law of a country prescribed in schedule 4.
(4) The young driver may apply, in the approved form, to the chief executive for credit for up to 50 hours of supervised driving in a car on a road in a country prescribed in schedule 4, that the young driver completed within 3 years before applying for credit.
(5) The application may include a request for credit for up to 10 hours of supervised driving in a car on a road, in the country for which the application is made, at the ratio of 1:3 if the supervisor was a driver trainer.
Example--
A young driver may request that 10 hours of supervised driving in a car on a road, in the country for which the application is made, be credited as 30 hours of supervised driving if the supervisor was a driver trainer.
(6) The application must be accompanied by--
(a) any application made by the young driver under section 14AG for approval of a completed logbook; and
(b) documentary evidence of the hours of supervised driving for which the young driver is applying for credit.
Examples of documentary evidence--
a document that records information similar to the information required to be recorded in a logbook
receipts or correspondence from a driver trainer or driver training school
(7) After receiving the application, the chief executive must do one of the following--
(a) grant the application, in whole or in part;
(b) decide not to grant the application;
(c) if the chief executive reasonably believes further information or documents are required to make a decision about the application--give a written notice to the young driver requesting the young driver, within a stated period of at least 28 days, to give to the chief executive further information or documents relevant to the application.
(8) If the young driver does not comply with a notice given under subsection (7)(c), the chief executive may declare, by further written notice given to the young driver, that the application is taken to be withdrawn on a day stated in the notice.
(9) After receiving the further information or documents requested under the notice given under subsection (7)(c), the chief executive must decide to grant or not grant the application.
(10) If the chief executive decides to grant the application as mentioned in subsection (7)(a) or (9), in whole or in part, the chief executive must give the young driver a written notice stating--
(a) the number of hours of supervised driving for which the young driver is granted credit for the purpose of satisfying the requirement under section 14AD(1)(a); and
(b) the number of hours of supervised driving at night for which the young driver is granted credit for the purpose of satisfying the requirement under section 14AD(1)(b).
(11) Despite section 14AD(1)(a), the total number of hours of supervised driving in a car on a road in Australia, the details of which the young driver must record in a logbook to be eligible for a class C P1 provisional licence, is 100 hours less the number of hours of supervised driving for which the young driver has been given notice under subsection (10).
Example--
A young driver mentioned in subsection (1) may be granted credit for 100 hours of supervised driving, in which case the young driver need not satisfy the logbook requirements.
(12) Despite section 14AD(1)(b), the total number of hours of supervised driving in a car on a road in Australia at night, the details of which the young driver must record in a logbook to be eligible for a class C P1 provisional licence, is 10 hours less the number of hours of supervised driving at night for which the young driver has been given notice under subsection (10).
(13) If the chief executive decides not to grant any part of the application as mentioned in subsection (7)(b) or (9), the chief executive must give the young driver a written notice stating--
(a) the decision; and
(b) the reasons for the decision; and
(c) that the young driver may contest the decision by applying under section 38 for a reconsideration of the decision; and
(d) if the chief executive believes a document provided by the young driver to the chief executive is false or misleading in a material particular--the reasons for which the chief executive believes the document is false or misleading in a material particular.
(14) The chief executive is taken to have granted the application (other than an application declared to be taken to be withdrawn) if the chief executive does not decide the application by the later of the following--
(a) if further information or documents are requested by a notice given under subsection (7)(c)--the day that is 28 days after the information or documents are given;
(b) otherwise--the day that is 28 days after receiving the application.
(15) In this section--
driver trainer includes a person accredited (however described) under--
(a) a corresponding law to the provisions of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2005 about accreditation of driver trainers; or
(b) the law of a foreign country that provides for accrediting persons as trainers of drivers.
the application means an application under subsection (2) or (4).