Regulation 10D of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after subregulation (4) the following subregulation:

(4A)  A person who, immediately before the commencement of the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Novice Driver Licensing) Regulations 2009 , holds a car licence issued as a learner licence –

(a) is taken to be in the L2 stage; and

(b) is taken to hold an L2 learner licence; and

(c) is not required to comply with regulation 11(1A)(a) ; and

(d) if applying for a P1 provisional licence, is required to hold the learner licence for a minimum period of 6 continuous months starting from the date of its issue and ending not more than 28 days before so applying.