Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 2000 - REG 7

    (1)     A driver licence must include 1 or more of the classes mentioned in table 7 (the driver licence classes ).

Note     Section 9 explains the kinds of motor vehicles that each driver licence class authorises the holder to drive.

    (2)     A provisional, full, restricted or probationary licence may include any of the driver licence classes.

    (3)     A learner licence may include only the following driver licence classes:

        (a)     motorcycle licence;

        (b)     car licence.

    (4)     The class or classes held by the holder of a driver licence are indicated by a code or codes shown on the licence.

    (5)     The code for each driver licence class is set out in table 7.

Example

If a driver licence is issued to a person for the motorcycle and car licence classes, the driver licence will show the codes R and C.

    (6)     In certain circumstances, a class may be shown on a driver licence as an additional provisional class.

    (7)     A driver licence of a particular class may be referred to using the appropriate short description mentioned in table 7.

Table 7     Driver licence classes

column 1 classes	column 2 codes	column 3 short descriptions
motorcycle licence	R	class R licence
car licence	C	class C licence
light rigid vehicle licence	LR	class LR licence
medium rigid vehicle licence	MR	class MR licence
heavy rigid vehicle licence	HR	class HR licence
heavy combination vehicle licence	HC	class HC licence
multi-combination vehicle licence	MC	class MC licence