Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) This section prescribes the tests that a person must pass to be eligible for a Queensland driver licence.
(2) The person must, if required by the chief executive to take an eyesight test, pass an eyesight test.
(3) The following persons must pass a road rules test--
(a) an applicant for a learner licence;
(b) an applicant for a provisional, probationary or open licence who holds a foreign driver licence;
(c) an applicant for a provisional or probationary licence who holds a provisional or probationary licence of a different class;
(d) an applicant for an open licence who holds an open licence of a different class.
(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply if the person, within 5 years before applying for the licence--
(a) passed a road rules test for the class of licence being applied for; or
(b) held an Australian driver licence for the class of licence applied for; or
(c) for an application for a class RE, R or C licence--held a driver licence, granted under the law of New Zealand or a country prescribed in schedule 4, that corresponds to a class RE, R or C licence.
(4A) Also, subsection (3) does not apply if--
(a) the person--
(i) holds an Australian driver licence; and
(ii) applies for another class of licence; and
(b) the road rules test the person passed for the licence already held is the same road rules test the person would be required to pass for the class of licence applied for.
(5) The following persons must pass a practical driving test in the class of vehicle that is authorised to be driven under the licence--
(a) an applicant for a class of provisional, probationary or open licence who holds a learner licence of that class;
(b) an applicant for a provisional, probationary or open licence who holds a foreign driver licence;
(c) an applicant for a provisional or probationary licence who holds a provisional or probationary licence of a different class;
(d) an applicant for an open licence who holds an open licence of a different class.
Example of subsection (5)(d)--
A person who holds an open class C licence who is applying for an open class LR licence must pass a practical driving test in a class LR type vehicle.
(6) However, subsection (5) does not apply if--
(a) for a class UD licence for a vehicle for which a WHS certificate is issued--the person holds the certificate; or
(b) for a class MC licence--
(i) the person has successfully completed a training course in driving a class MC vehicle approved by the chief executive; or
(ii) the person produces a declaration, in the approved form, confirming the person's ability to drive a B-double or road train; or
(c) for a class LR, MR or HR licence--the person is a police officer and the officer gives the chief executive a notice signed by the commissioner stating the officer has the ability to drive the class of vehicle that is authorised to be driven under the licence; or
(d) for any licence--
(i) the person has, at some time, passed a practical driving test to obtain an Australian driver licence for a class that corresponds to the class of licence applied for; and
(ii) the person--
(A) holds an Australian driver licence (other than a learner licence) for a class that corresponds to the class of licence applied for; or
(B) has, within 5 years before applying for the licence, held an Australian driver licence or foreign driver licence (other than a learner licence) for a class that corresponds to the class of licence applied for; or
(e) for any licence--the person has, within 5 years before applying for the licence, passed a practical driving test for an Australian driver licence for a class that corresponds to the class of licence applied for; or
(f) for a class RE licence--the person holds a competency declaration for a class RE motorbike; or
(g) for a class R licence--
(i) the person holds a competency declaration for a class R motorbike; or
(ii) the person has passed a practical driving test to obtain an Australian driver licence for a class that corresponds to a class RE licence on--
(A) if the test was conducted before 1 July 2009--a motorbike that was the same as a prescribed motorbike; or
(B) if the test is conducted on and after 1 July 2009--a prescribed motorbike; or
(iii) the person holds a competency declaration for a class RE motorbike for which Q-Ride training was completed on--
(A) if the training was completed before 1 July 2009--a motorbike that was the same as a prescribed motorbike; or
(B) if the training was completed on and after 1 July 2009--a prescribed motorbike.
(7) However, subsection (5)(b) does not apply to a person if the person holds or has, within 5 years before applying for the licence, held--
(a) a driver licence, other than a driver licence that corresponds to a learner licence, granted under the law of New Zealand; or
(b) for an application for a class RE, R or C licence--a driver licence, other than a driver licence that corresponds to a learner licence, granted under the law of a country prescribed in schedule 4, that corresponds to a class RE, R or C licence.
(8) A person who holds a P1 type licence that authorises the person to drive a class C vehicle must pass a hazard perception test before applying for any of the following types of licences--
(a) a P2 provisional licence;
(b) a P2 probationary licence;
(c) an open licence.
(9) Subsection (8) does not apply if the person has, at some time, passed a hazard perception test.
(10) In this section--
P1 type licence includes a driver licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to a P1 type licence.