Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current RegulationsFor this part, an automatic disqualifying circumstance applies to a person if any of the following things happen:
(a) if the person is the holder of an Australian driver licence issued under the law of another jurisdiction, an external territory driver licence or a New Zealand driver licence and is not the holder of a driver identification document issued by the Commonwealth Department of Defence—the person resides in the ACT for a continuous period of longer than 3 months;
(b) if the person is the holder of a foreign driver licence—the person holds a permanent visa under the Migration Act 1958
(Cwlth) for longer than 3 months;
(c) if the person is the holder of an Australian driver licence issued under the law of another jurisdiction—the licence is suspended under the law of any jurisdiction, or the person is disqualified from holding or obtaining an Australian driver licence under the law of any jurisdiction;
(d) if the person is the holder of an external driver licence—
(i) the person's licence is suspended, or the person is disqualified from driving a motor vehicle, under the law of an external territory or foreign country because the person has been convicted or found guilty of an offence against that law; and
(ii) the offence could, if committed in the ACT by the holder of a driver licence, have resulted in the driver licence being suspended or the holder being disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence.