Regulation 3(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following definition after the definition of dolly :

driving assessment officer means any of the following persons who is testing or assessing a driver for the purposes of these regulations:

(a) a police officer;

(b) an authorised officer;

(c) a person acting on behalf of the Registrar;

(d) a person –

(i) employed, contracted or otherwise connected with an organisation that has a contract with the Department to provide testing or assessing; and

(ii) who tests or assesses the driver in accordance with the contract;

(b) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of interstate written-off vehicles register :

L1 learner licence means a car licence issued as a learner licence to a novice driver who has not completed the first continuous 3 months of holding a learner licence, or any further continuous 3-month period for which he or she is required to hold a learner licence, as a result of being regressed under section 13A of the Act from the L2 stage to the L1 stage;

L2 learner licence means a car licence issued as a learner licence to a novice driver who has completed the first continuous 3 months of holding a learner licence or any further period for which he or she is required to hold a learner licence as a result of being regressed under section 13A of the Act from the L2 stage to the L1 stage;

L1 stage means the learner licensing stage applicable to a person who, in relation to a car licence –

(a) holds an L1 learner licence; or

(b) has previously held an L1 learner licence and has not progressed to the L2 stage by obtaining an L2 learner licence; or

(c) has been regressed under section 13A of the Act from the L2 stage to the L1 stage;

L2 stage means the learner licensing stage applicable to a person who, in relation to a car licence –

(a) holds an L2 learner licence; or

(b) is not in the L1 stage and has previously held an L2 learner licence and has not progressed to the P1 stage by obtaining a P1 provisional licence; or

(c) has been regressed under section 13A of the Act from the P1 stage to the L2 stage;

(c) by omitting the definition of learner stage ;

(d) by inserting the following definition after the definition of medium rigid vehicle licence :

motor cycle learner stage means the learner licensing stage applicable to a person who, in relation to a motor cycle licence –

(a) is the holder of a learner licence; or

(b) has previously held a learner licence and has not progressed to the P1 stage by obtaining a P1 provisional licence; or

(c) has been regressed under section 13A of the Act from the P1 stage;

(e) by omitting "learner stage" from paragraph (a) of the definition of P1 stage and substituting "motor cycle learner stage or the L2 stage" ;

(f) by omitting the definition of testing officer .