Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 2000 - REG 11A

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     drives a vehicle on a road or road related area; and

        (b)     displays on the vehicle an L-plate, or something that could reasonably be taken to be an L-plate; and

        (c)     is not required to display the plates under—

              (i)     section 10A (Learning to drive manual transmission vehicles); or

              (ii)     section 19 (Restrictions on learner motorcycle licence riders); or

              (iii)     section 20 (Restrictions on learner car licence drivers); or

              (iv)     section 33 (Heavy vehicle learners); or

              (v)     a corresponding law of another jurisdiction.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to a person driving a motor vehicle owned or operated by a driving instructor.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2002-51" title="A2002-51">Criminal Code

, s 58).

    (3)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.