Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 14) - REG 99

(1)     For paragraph 31 (1) (b) (Driver must be licensed) of the Act, a person is exempt from holding an Australian driver licence while driving a motor vehicle on a road or road related area during a test or assessment of the person's driving ability conducted by an authorised person.

Note     Regulation 23 sets out the circumstances in which a person is exempt under
paragraph 31 (1) (b) of the Act while learning to drive a heavy vehicle.

(2)     For paragraph 31 (1) (b) of the Act, a person is exempt from holding an Australian driver licence while driving, on a road or road related area—

        (a)     a motor vehicle weighing not more than 250kg when unladen that is built or used only for cutting grass or for purposes incidental to cutting grass; or

        (b)     a bicycle; or

        (c)     a motor vehicle that—

              (i)     is designed, and while on a road or road related area is used only, to carry a person with a disability that substantially impairs the person's mobility; and

              (ii)     cannot travel faster than 10km/h on level ground.

(3)     Paragraphs 32 (1) (a) and (3) (a) of the Act do not apply to a person driving a motor vehicle on a road or road related area—

        (a)     during a test or assessment of the person's driving ability conducted by an authorised person; or

        (b)     if the motor vehicle is a motor vehicle mentioned in
subregulation (2).

Note 1     Paragraph 32 (1) (a) of the Act creates an offence of driving a motor vehicle on a road or road related area while disqualified except in accordance with a restricted licence.

Note 2     Paragraph 32 (3) (a) of the Act makes it an offence for a person to drive a motor vehicle on a road or road related area if the person has been refused a licence or the person's licence has been cancelled in certain circumstances and the person has not subsequently obtained a licence.

(4)     In this regulation—