Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 21

Probationary driver licences

21. Probationary driver licences





(1) If a driver licence is granted to a person who has not previously held
one, that licence must, unless the regulations otherwise provide, be granted
on probation until-

   (a)  the date specified in the licence; or

   (b)  the date on which the person passes any appropriate tests that the
        Corporation requires him or her to pass to obtain a full driver
        licence-

whichever is later.

(1A) A person who holds a probationary driver licence must have the licence in
his or her possession at all times while driving or in charge of a motor
vehicle.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) If a driver licence which is granted to a person on probation expires or
is cancelled by a court or the Corporation before the completion of the full
cumulative probationary period applicable to the holder of the licence and
subsequently a new driver licence is granted to that person, that new licence
must, unless the regulations otherwise provide, be granted on probation until-

   (a)  the date specified in the licence; or







   (b)  the date on which the person passes any appropriate tests that the
        Corporation requires him or her to pass to obtain a full driver
        licence-



whichever is later.

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(6) A reference in this Act or the regulations to the probationary period, or
the period of probation, of a licence must be taken to be a reference to the
period ending-

   (a)  on the date specified in the licence; or

   (b)  on the date on which the holder of the licence passes any appropriate
        tests that the Corporation requires him or her to pass to obtain a
        full driver licence-

whichever is later.

(7) The Corporation may, on the application of the holder of a probationary
driver licence issued before the commencement of section 6 of the Road Safety
(Amendment) Act 1994 on the order of the Magistrates' Court made on an
application under section 50(4), vary that licence to convert it into a full
driver licence.