(2)     This regulation applies to a person who is the holder of a provisional licence (other than a provisional motorcycle licence) if the person has held such a 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 car licence or licence of a higher class is counted.

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

(3)     If the provisional licence held by a person to whom this regulation applies was issued in the ACT, the licence is subject to the condition that the person must not drive a motor vehicle unless P-plates are conspicuously displayed, the correct way up, at the front and rear of the motor vehicle or on its roof, and are clearly visible from ahead of and behind the vehicle.

Note 1     The condition applies while the person is driving 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).

(4)     A person to whom this regulation applies must not drive a motor vehicle that is towing another vehicle on a road or road related area (in the ACT) unless the vehicle is a trailer with a GVM not over 750kg.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(5)     Subregulation (4) does not apply if the person is the holder of a light rigid vehicle licence or a driver licence of a higher class.

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)).