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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (DRIVER LICENSING AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010 (S.R. 2010, NO. 37) - REG 17

Recommencement or extension of provisional period on conviction for prescribed offence

(1)  This regulation does not apply where a person is convicted of a prescribed offence and as a result is to be regressed under section 13A of the Act.
(2)  If a novice driver or novice rider who is in the P1 stage is convicted of a prescribed offence whilst the holder of a P1 provisional licence, the period for which he or she has held the licence is to be ignored and he or she is taken to have been issued with the licence as at the date of the offence.
(3)  If a novice driver or novice rider who is in the P1 stage is convicted of a prescribed offence whilst not the holder of a P1 provisional licence –
(a) the period for which he or she previously held a P1 provisional licence is to be ignored; and
(b) he or she must obtain another P1 provisional licence and hold it for 12 continuous months before being eligible to apply for a P2 provisional licence.
(4)  If a novice driver or novice rider in the P2 stage is convicted of a prescribed offence that occurred whilst he or she was in the P1 stage, he or she is required to hold a P2 provisional licence for a period equivalent to the period from the date on which he or she was issued with a P1 provisional licence to the date of the offence, in addition to the period for which he or she is otherwise required to hold a P2 provisional licence under these regulations.



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