South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations33—Prohibition of use of mobile phone by holder of learner's permit, P1
licence etc
(1) Despite anything
in rule 300 (Use of mobile phones), a driver of a vehicle (except an
emergency vehicle or police vehicle) who is a learner or P1 driver must
not use a mobile phone while the vehicle is moving or is stationary but not
parked.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
(2) In this
regulation—
"corresponding permit or licence" means—
(a) a
learner licence, provisional licence or probationary licence issued under the
Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999 of the Australian Capital
Territory; or
(b) a
learner licence or provisional licence issued under the Road Transport (Driver
Licensing) Act 1998 of New South Wales; or
(c) a
learner licence or licence that is provisional issued under the
Motor Vehicles Act of the Northern Territory; or
(d) a
learner licence, provisional licence or probationary licence issued under the
Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 of Queensland; or
(e) a
learner licence or provisional licence issued under the Vehicle and Traffic
Act 1999 of Tasmania; or
(f) a
learner permit or probationary driver licence issued under the Road Safety Act
1986 of Victoria; or
(g) a
learner's permit or provisional licence issued under the Road Traffic Act 1974
of Western Australia;
"learner or P1 driver", in relation to a vehicle, means a driver—
(a) who
is the holder of a learner's permit or P1 licence within the meaning of
the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 that authorises him or her to drive a vehicle
of that class on a road; or
(b)
who—
(i)
is the holder of a corresponding permit or licence issued
under a law of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth that
authorises him or her to drive a vehicle of that class on a road; and
(ii)
is prohibited by the law of that State or Territory from
driving a vehicle of that class on a road in that State or Territory without
displaying an "L" plate or a red "P" plate (as the case may be) on the
vehicle;
"L" plate means a plate or sign displaying the letter "L" in black lettering
on a yellow background;
"mobile phone" has the same meaning as in rule 300;
"red "P" plate" means a plate or sign displaying the letter "P" in red
lettering on a white background or in white lettering on a red background;
"use" has the same meaning as in rule 300.