Victorian Consolidated Regulations

2 Reg. 302A(1)(b): S.R. No. 27/1999. Reprint No. 2 as at 15 December 2002. Reprinted to S.R. No. 114/2002. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 87/2003. - SECT 201

Eligibility to apply for licence or permit

201. Eligibility to apply for licence or permit



(1) The following persons are not eligible to apply for a driver licence or
permit-

   (a)  a person who is disqualified from driving under the law of Victoria or
        another Australian State or Territory;

   (b)  a person whose Australian driver licence has been suspended, during
        the period of that suspension;

   (c)  a person who is disqualified from driving under the law of another
        country in circumstances which, if they occurred in Victoria, would
        have resulted in the person being disqualified from driving in
        Victoria.

(2) For the purposes of section 19(2)(b) of the Act, it is a requirement for
being granted a driver licence-

   (a)  that the person be a resident of Victoria; and

   (b)  in the case of an application for a car driver licence that the person
        has held a car learner permit for-

   (i)  if the person is less than 21 years old, not less than 12 months
        immediately before obtaining a car driver licence; or

   (ia) if the person is at least 21 years old but less than 25 years old, not
        less than 6 months immediately before obtaining a car driver licence;
        or

   (ii) if the person is at least 25 years old, for not less than 3 months
        immediately before obtaining a car driver licence; and

   (c)  in the case of an application for a motor cycle licence that the
        person has-

   (i)  held a motor cycle learner permit for at least 3 months immediately
        before obtaining a motor cycle licence; or

   (ii) has completed a training course in motor cycle driving that is
        approved by the Corporation; and

   (d)  in the case of an application for a light rigid vehicle licence or
        medium rigid vehicle licence, that the person has, at some time, held
        an Australian driver licence to drive a car for a period of at least
        12 months; and

   (e)  in the case of an application for a heavy rigid vehicle licence that
        the person has, at some time, held an Australian driver licence to
        drive a car for a period of at least 24 months; and

   (f)  in the case of an application for a heavy combination vehicle licence,
        that the person has, at some time, held an Australian driver licence
        to drive a car for a period of at least 24 months and an Australian
        driver licence to drive a medium rigid vehicle or heavy rigid vehicle
        for a period of at least 12 months; and





   (g)  in the case of an application for a multi-combination vehicle licence,
        that the person has-

   (i)  at some time, held an Australian driver licence to drive a heavy
        combination vehicle or a heavy rigid vehicle for a period of at least
        12 months; and

   (ii) completed a driver training course approved by the Corporation.

(3) A person is exempted from the requirements of paragraphs (b) to (g) of
subregulation (2) if the person holds an Australian driver licence of a
category or class equivalent to the category of licence applied for.

(4) In calculating the periods for which a person has held a driver licence
referred to in subregulation (2)-

   (a)  some or all of the periods during which the person has held a licence
        to drive a motor vehicle in an external Territory of Australia or
        another country may be taken into account; and

   (b)  any period for which the person's driver licence has been suspended or
        the person has been disqualified from driving must be excluded.

(5) The Corporation may reduce the minimum period required under subregulation
(2)(b)(i) or (ii) if the person has held a motor cycle licence or motor cycle
learner permit for at least 12 months.





(6) The Corporation may exempt a person from the requirements of subregulation
(2)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) if the nature of the person's occupation or
employment or family circumstances are such that compliance with the
regulation would impose undue hardship on the person or the person's family
having regard to the likely effect of the exemption on safe, efficient and
equitable road use in Victoria.