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 211B

Restrictions affecting certain motor cycle riders

211B. Restrictions affecting certain motor cycle riders



(1) The holder of a motor cycle licence who has held that licence for a period
of less than 12 months must not-





   (a)  drive a motor cycle other than a learner approved motor cycle; or





   (b)  drive a motor cycle on which there is a pillion passenger.

Penalty: 3 penalty units.

(2) The holder of a motor cycle learner permit must not-

   (a)  drive a motor cycle other than a learner approved motor cycle; or





   (b)  drive a motor cycle on which there is a pillion passenger.

Penalty: 3 penalty units.

(3) If the Corporation is satisfied that a person has motor cycle driving
experience in another Australian State or Territory or another country, it may
specify in the licence a shorter period than that required in subregulation
(1).

(4) Subregulations (1)(a) and (2)(a) do not apply to a member of the police
force who, in the course of duty, is driving a motor cycle on which there is
no pillion passenger.

(5) For the purpose of this regulation, the Corporation may, if satisfied that
a motor cycle or class of motor cycle is suitable to be a learner approved
motor cycle, approve a motor cycle, or class of motor cycle, to be a learner
approved motor cycle-

   (a)  by notice published in the Government Gazette; or

   (b)  by issuing a registration label, in accordance with the Road Safety
        (Vehicles) Regulations 19991, indicating that the motor cycle is a
        learner approved motor cycle.

(6) In calculating the period for which a person has held a motor cycle driver
licence referred to in subregulation (1), any period for which the person's
driver licence has been suspended, or the person has been disqualified from
driving, must be excluded.