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 702

Probationary licence amendments

702. Probationary licence amendments





(1) Subject to subregulation (1A), regulation 201(2)(b)(i) (as substituted by
regulation 6 of the Road Safety (Drivers) (Young Drivers) Interim Regulations
2007), regulation 201(2)(b)(ia), regulation 201A, regulation 203A and
regulation 205(3), apply to a person who holds a learner permit granted by the
Corporation on or after 1 July 2007.

(1A) Regulation 201(2)(b)(i) (as substituted by regulation 6 of the Road
Safety (Drivers) (Young Drivers) Interim Regulations 20073), regulation
201(2)(b)(ia), regulation 201A, regulation 203A and regulation 205(3), do not
apply to a person who holds a learner permit, or equivalent, on or after the
commencement of Part 3 of the Road Safety (Drivers) (Learner Approved Motor
Cycle Scheme and Other Amendments) Regulations 2008 that was issued in another
State or Territory of Australia or in another country before 1 July 2007.

(2) Regulation 201(2)(b)(i), as in force immediately before 1 July 2007,
continues to apply to a person who holds a learner permit granted by the
Corporation before that date.

(2A) Regulation 201(2)(b)(i), as in force immediately before 1 July 2007,
applies on and after the commencement of Part 3 of the Road Safety (Drivers)
(Learner Approved Motor Cycle Scheme and Other Amendments) Regulations 2008 to
a person who holds a learner permit, or equivalent, issued in another State or
Territory of Australia or in another country before 1 July 2007.

(3) Regulations 211A and 211B do not apply to-

   (a)  the holder of a probationary licence that was granted before 1 July
        2007;

   (b)  the holder of a probationary licence that was granted on or after 1
        July 2007 if the holder previously held a probationary driver licence
        that was cancelled.

(4) Subject to subregulation (5), regulation 211, as in force immediately
before 1 July 2007, continues to apply to a person referred to in
subregulation (3).

(5) A person referred to in subregulation (3) does not commit an offence
against regulation 211(1) (as in force immediately before 1 July 2007) if he
or she drives a vehicle-

   (a)  that is a high powered motor vehicle within the meaning of regulation
        104 as in force immediately before 1 July 2007; but

   (b)  that is not a high powered motor vehicle within the meaning of
        regulation 211 as substituted by regulation 10 of the Road Safety
        (Drivers) (Young Drivers) Interim Regulations 2007.

(6) Regulation 215 as substituted by regulation 9 of the Road Safety (Drivers)
(Young Drivers) Regulations 2007, and regulations 215A, 215B, 215C, 215D and
215E as inserted by that regulation, apply to driver licences granted by the
Corporation on or after 1 July 2008.

(7) Regulation 215 as in force immediately before 1 July 2008 continues to
apply to driver licences granted by the Corporation before that date.



(8) A person to whom a probationary driver licence was granted by the
Corporation before 1 July 2008 must, on or after 1 July 2008, comply with
regulation 217 for the remainder of the probationary period of his or her
licence as if he or she held a P2 probationary driver licence.