Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 14) - REG 36

(1)     This regulation applies to a person who is the holder of a provisional motorcycle licence if the person has held the licence for less than
1 year.

Note 1     The definition of provisional licence in the dictionary includes a class of driver licence held as an additional provisional class.

Note 2     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 3     Under subregulation 68 (2) any period when the person has, at any time, held a probationary motorcycle licence is also counted.

(2)     If the provisional motorcycle licence held by a person to whom this regulation applies was issued in the ACT, the licence is subject to the following conditions:

        (a)     the person must not ride a motorbike unless a P-plate is conspicuously displayed, the correct way up, at the rear of the motorbike, and is clearly visible from behind the motorbike;

        (b)     the person must not ride a motorbike if the motorbike—

              (i)     has a power-to-weight ratio over 150kW/t; or

              (ii)     is carrying a pillion passenger.

Note 1     The conditions apply while the person is riding on a road or road related area in the ACT or another jurisdiction (see reg 61).

Note 2     It is an offence for the holder of a driver licence to contravene, without reasonable excuse, a condition to which the licence is subject (see reg 60).

(3)     A person to whom this regulation applies must not ride a motorcycle on a road or road related area (in the ACT) if the motorbike is towing another vehicle (including a trailer).

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

Note     It is an offence against the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 for the holder of a provisional licence to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of
0.02 g/100mL or more (see s 19 of that Act and the definitions of special driver (s 4B of that Act) and prescribed concentration (in the dictionary to that Act)).