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 210

Renewal of a driver licence

210. Renewal of a driver licence



(1) A person may apply to the Corporation to renew his or her driver licence
at any time within 5 years after the expiry date of the licence by giving the
Corporation-

   (a)  an application for renewal of the driver licence in the form approved
        by the Corporation; and

   (b)  personal particulars necessary to identify the applicant, including
        any evidence that the Corporation may reasonably require in order to
        verify those particulars; and

   (c)  the appropriate licence renewal fee.

(2) The Corporation may require the applicant to comply with any of the
requirements of this Division.

(3) The Corporation must renew the driver licence if-

   (a)  the applicant has complied with the requirements of this regulation;
        and

   (b)  the Corporation would grant the applicant a new licence if he or she
        were applying for a licence under this Division.

(4) The Corporation may refuse to renew a driver licence if the Corporation is
satisfied that-

   (a)  the applicant is not eligible for the category of licence applied for;
        or

   (b)  the applicant does not have sufficient knowledge of road laws or
        driving ability, or is not suitable to hold the category of licence
        applied for; or

   (c)  the applicant has not passed the appropriate tests required by the
        Corporation under the Act; or

   (d)  any other requirement of the Act or these Regulations has not been
        complied with.

(5) The expiry date of a renewed driver licence is to be calculated from-

   (a)  the expiry date of the licence being renewed, if it is renewed before,
        on, or within 6 months after the expiry date; or

   (b)  the day that the licence is renewed, if it is renewed more than 6
        months after the expiry date of the licence being renewed but
        otherwise within 5 years after that expiry date.

(6) A person whose driver licence is not renewed within 5 years after the
licence expiry date is not entitled to apply for a renewal, but may apply for
a new licence in accordance with this Division.

Division 2-Learner and probationary drivers