(1)  An application for a driver licence –

(a) must be made to the Registrar in a form approved by the Registrar; and

(b) must contain the information required in the approved form; and

(c) must be accompanied by the evidence required by the Registrar of the applicant's –

(i) name; and

(ii) date of birth and gender; and

(iii) residential address; and

(iv) eligibility to hold a driver licence of the relevant class; and

(d) if there is no postal service to the applicant's residential address, must state a postal address for the service of notices; and

(e) must disclose details of any disqualification from driving imposed on the applicant under the law of Tasmania, another Australian jurisdiction, an external territory or a foreign country; and

(f) must be accompanied by the applicable scheduled fee (or fees) for the licence (including, if the applicant has previously held a licence that has been cancelled, any fee payable in that case).

(2)  An applicant for a driver licence must –

(a) submit to the taking of a photograph for inclusion on the licence –

(i) by a person authorised by the Registrar to take such photographs; or

(ii) under alternative arrangements acceptable to the Registrar; and

(b) provide a specimen signature as required by the Registrar for inclusion on the licence.

(3)  If –

(a) an application for a driver licence is made by a person who holds an Australian driver licence issued under a corresponding law; and

(b) the applicant is entitled to the driver licence under the principle of mutual recognition –

no fee is payable for the issue of the licence.

(4)  A person who holds a driver licence of a particular class and who is eligible for, and wants, a licence of another class must make an application for a licence of the other class.

(5)  A person who is disqualified from driving may, within one month before the end of the period of disqualification, make an application for a driver licence (other than a restricted driver licence) but, in that event, the driver licence is not to be issued until the period of disqualification has ended.