Regulation 22 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting subregulation (9C) ;

(b) by omitting from subregulation (9D) "or (9C) " ;

(c) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a) in subregulation (10) :

(ab) having previously held a driver licence but following a period of ineligibility to hold a driver licence –

(i) ordered by an Australian court; or

(ii) under this Act or any other Act; or

(d) by inserting the following subregulation after subregulation (10) :

(10A)  The Registrar may issue a driver licence to a person as a probationary licence, on the Registrar's own initiative without an application by the person, if the person has completed a period of suspension as a result of section 24 of the Act.