(1)  A person who holds a provisional licence issued before the commencement of the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Novice Driver Licensing) Act 2008 but who has not held that licence for 12 continuous months as at that commencement is taken to be in the P1 stage.

(2)  A person who holds a provisional licence issued before the commencement of the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Novice Driver Licensing) Act 2008 and who has held that licence for 12 continuous months as at that commencement is taken to be in the P2 stage.

(3)  Where, on the commencement of the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Novice Driver Licensing) Act 2008 , a person holds a provisional licence that is due to expire on a date that is earlier than the P2 end date, the term of the licence is extended to the P2 end date.

(4)  Where, on the commencement of the Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Novice Driver Licensing) Act 2008 , a person holds a full licence in relation to a particular licence class (being either a car licence or motor cycle licence) and a P2 provisional licence in relation to another licence class (being either a car licence or motor cycle licence) –

(a) the person, on holding the P2 provisional licence for the period required under these regulations, automatically progresses (without payment of an additional licence fee) to a full licence in respect of that class; and

(b) that full licence expires on the same date as the first-mentioned full licence.

(5)  A person who, immediately before 27 April 2009, held 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 19(4)(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.

(6)  In this section –

P2 end date means the date on which a person is expected to have held a provisional licence for the period required by regulation 12(3) .