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 201A

Supervised driving experience for licence applicants less than 21 years

201A. Supervised driving experience for licence applicants less than 21 years





(1) For the purpose of section 19(2)(b) of the Act, in addition to the
requirement in regulation 201(2)(b)(i), in the case of an applicant for a
driver licence who is under the age of 21 years at the time of his or her
application, it is a requirement for being granted a probationary driver
licence that the applicant has a minimum driving experience of 120 hours of
supervised driving on roads, including the number of hours of night driving
determined by the Corporation.

Note Road is defined in section 3 of the Act.



(2) The Corporation may exempt a person from the requirement of subregulation
(1) if the nature of the person's occupation, employment or family
circumstances is such that compliance with the requirement would impose undue
hardship on the person or the person's family, taking into consideration-

   (a)  the person's driving experience and the circumstances in which that
        experience was obtained; and

   (b)  the likely effect of the exemption on safe, efficient and equitable
        road use in Victoria.

(3) If the Corporation exempts a person from the requirement of subregulation
(1) it may impose conditions on the person's driver licence which, for a
specified period-

   (a)  limit the carriage of passengers;

   (b)  limit routes of travel;

   (c)  restrict driving to specified times of the day;

   (d)  restrict driving to specified days of the week.