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 214

Learners must display appropriate plates

214. Learners must display appropriate plates



(1) A learner driver must not drive a motor vehicle on a highway (other than a
tractor) unless an "L" plate is conspicuously displayed-

   (a)  in the case of a motor cycle or motor trike, facing out from the rear
        of the motor cycle or motor trike; or

   (b)  in any other case, facing out from the front and rear of the motor
        vehicle.

Penalty: 2 penalty units.

(2) An experienced driver referred to in regulation 213 must not sit beside a
learner driver who is committing an offence against subregulation (1).

Penalty: 2 penalty units.

(3) A person who is not a learner driver must not drive a motor vehicle on a
highway if there is displayed facing out from the front or rear of the motor
vehicle a plate which is, or which resembles, an "L" plate.

Penalty: 2 penalty units.

(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply to a person who is instructing a learner
driver and who drives the motor vehicle solely for the purposes of
instruction.