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ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 2000 - REG 31

Provisional licence passenger restrictions for cars—ACT licences

    (1)     The holder of a provisional car licence subject to the P1 licence conditions must not drive a motor vehicle (other than a motorbike) at any time between 11 pm on one day and 5 am on the following day with more than 1 peer-aged passenger who is not a family member in the vehicle.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is—

        (a)     a police trainee—

              (i)     undertaking recruit training or assessment; and

              (ii)     driving a police vehicle; or

        (b)     is driving the motor vehicle—

              (i)     to or from an educational institution for the purpose of education; or

              (ii)     to or from a place of their employment; or

              (iii)     in the course of their employment.

    (3)     In this section:

"family member"—

        (a)     includes—

              (i)     step-parent; or

              (ii)     stepson or stepdaughter; or

              (iii)     sibling; or

              (iv)     uncle or aunt; or

              (v)     nephew, niece or cousin; and

        (b)     for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person—includes a person who is, in accordance with the traditions and customs of the person's Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, a family member.

"peer-aged passenger" means a person aged between 16 and 22 years old.



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