Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (POLICE DRIVER AND RIDER EXEMPTIONS) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2013 (NO 1) (NO 9 OF 2013) - REG 6

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99A     Police motorcycle riders—licence eligibility requirement and exemptions—Act, s 28 (2)

    (1)     A police officer is eligible to apply to the road transport authority for the issue of a full motorcycle licence if the police officer has successfully completed police motorcycle rider training.

Note     If the road transport authority approves the application, the authority must issue a full motorcycle licence (see s 40).

    (2)     A police officer is exempt, when doing police motorcycle rider training or police motorcycle rider assessment, from—

        (a)     holding an Australian driver licence that authorises the police officer to ride a motorbike; and

        (b)     the following provisions:

              (i)     division 3.2 (Learner licences and heavy vehicle learners);

              (ii)     division 3.3 (Licence class eligibility requirements and provisional licence requirements);

              (iii)     division 3.4 (Provisional licences, additional provisional classes and provisional licence restrictions).

    (3)     In this section:

"AFP" means the Australian Federal Police.

"police motorcycle rider assessment" means an assessment conducted by an AFP employee or contractor of a police officer's ability to ride a motorbike in the exercise of the police officer's functions as a police officer.

"police motorcycle rider training" means training provided by the AFP, or an AFP contractor, that teaches a police officer how to ride a motorbike for the purpose of the exercise of the police officer's functions as a police officer.