MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 72
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 72
72—Classification of licences
(1) A licence must be
assigned 1 or more prescribed classifications.
(2) Subject to this
Act, if a person applies for the grant or renewal of a licence and the licence
is granted or renewed (as the case may be), the Registrar must ensure that the
licence is assigned the classification for which the person has applied.
(3) If—
(a) an
applicant for the renewal of a licence applies for the licence to be assigned
any further or other classification; and
(b)
the Registrar is satisfied that the applicant is competent to drive a
motor vehicle in respect of which that further or other classification is
required under this Act,
the Registrar must ensure that the licence, if renewed, is assigned that
further or other classification.
(4) If the Registrar
is satisfied that a person who holds a licence is competent to drive
motor vehicles for which a licence assigned a further or other classification
is required under this Act, the Registrar must ensure that the licence is
assigned the appropriate further or other classification.
(5) The Registrar may,
for the purposes of this section, require a person who holds a licence or
applies for the grant or renewal of a licence to provide evidence to the
satisfaction of the Registrar of the person's competency to drive
motor vehicles for which a particular classification is required under this
Act.
(6) The regulations
may provide that, for the purposes of this Act, a person is to be taken to
hold a licence that is assigned a particular classification if the person has
held a licence of some other classification for
a prescribed period (the "qualifying period").
(7) Subject to the
regulations, a classification assigned to a licence must be endorsed on the
licence.
(8) For the purposes
of this Act, in determining whether a person has held a licence for the
qualifying period, any period during which—
(a) the
person's licence was suspended; or
(b) the
person was disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence in this State or
in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth,
is not to be taken into account.