(1) A person satisfies the provisional licence requirement for the issue of a motorcycle licence if the person has held a provisional motorcycle licence for at least 3 years or is exempt from the requirement under subregulation (3).
Note 1 Under subregulation 68 (1) periods of licence suspension or disqualification are not counted and every other period when the person has, at any time, held a provisional motorcycle licence is counted.
Note 2 Under subregulation 68 (2) any period when the person has, at any time, held a probationary motorcycle licence is also counted.
(2) The holder of a driver licence (other than a motorcycle licence) satisfies the provisional licence requirement for the variation of the licence to include a motorcycle licence as an additional class if the person has held a provisional motorcycle licence for at least 1 year or is exempt from the requirement under subregulation (3).
Note A motorcycle licence is not part of the driver licence
class hierarchy (see
reg 8 (2)) and has no higher class.
(3) A person who applies for the issue of a motorcycle licence, or the variation of a driver licence (other than a motorcycle licence) to include a motorcycle licence as an additional class, is exempt from the provisional licence requirement if the person holds, or has at any time held—
(a) a full motorcycle licence; or
(b) an external Territory driver licence corresponding to a full motorcycle licence; or
(c) a foreign driver licence corresponding to a full motorcycle licence.