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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION) AMENDMENT (GRADUATED LICENSING) REGULATIONS 2020 (S.R. 2020, NO. 75) - REG 10

Regulation 19 amended (Eligibility)

Regulation 19 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting subregulations (2) , (3) and (4) and substituting the following subregulation:
(4)  The following additional eligibility criteria apply to a novice driver in the novice driver learner stage in relation to a car:
(a) subject to subregulations (5) and (11) , the person must have held a learner licence for a continuous period of at least 12 months ending not more than 28 days before applying for a P1 provisional licence;
(b) subject to subregulation (6) , the person must have recorded in his or her learner driver logbook, before applying for a P1 provisional licence –
(i) at least 80 hours of experience driving a car; and
(ii) within the hours of experience specified in subparagraph (i) , at least 15 hours of experience driving a car at night.
(b) by omitting from subregulation (5)(b) "9 months" and substituting "12 months" ;
(c) by omitting paragraph (b) from subregulation (6) and substituting the following paragraph:
(b) in place of the hours of experience specified in that paragraph, that program specifies that the novice driver is required to record in his or her learner driver logbook a number of hours of experience greater than 80 hours.
(d) by inserting the following subregulations after subregulation (6) :
(6A)  For the purposes of subregulation (4)(b) and (6)(b), the Registrar may determine that the successful completion of an activity is the equivalent of a number of hours, as determined by the Registrar, of experience driving a car.
(6B)  If the Registrar makes a determination under subregulation (6A)  –
(a) the Registrar may make the determination subject to such conditions as the Registrar considers appropriate; and
(b) the Registrar is to ensure that the determination is published, in any manner or form that the Registrar considers appropriate, while the determination remains in force.



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