(1)  A person has the status of a learner driver in relation to the driving of motor vehicles for which a driver licence of a particular class is required unless –

(a) the person successfully completes –

(i) any training course required by the Registrar for progressing beyond that status; and

(ii) any other theoretical and practical requirements for progressing beyond that status determined by the Registrar; or

(b) the person successfully completes –

(i) any training course required under a corresponding law for progressing beyond that status; and

(ii) any other theoretical and practical requirements for progressing beyond that status under a corresponding law –

and the Registrar recognises that progression for the purposes of these regulations.

(2)  A person who has progressed beyond the status of a learner driver in relation to the driving of motor vehicles for which a driver licence of a particular class is required reverts to that status if –

(a) the person has not held an Australian driver licence of the relevant class for the past 5 years; or

(b) an Australian driver licence, including a provisional licence, of the relevant class has been cancelled and the Registrar decides, on an application for the issue of a driver licence, that the licence is to be issued as a learner licence; or

(c) in the case of a novice rider, he or she has been regressed under section 13A of the Act from the P1 stage to the motor cycle learner stage; or

(d) in the case of a novice driver, he or she has been regressed under section 13A of the Act from the P1 stage to the L2 stage.

(3)  A person who progresses beyond the status of a learner driver in relation to the driving of motor vehicles for which a driver licence of a particular class is required has the status of a learner driver in relation to the driving of motor vehicles for which a driver licence of some other class is required (unless the other class is a lower class in the hierarchy of licence classes).

(4)  A person is taken to have progressed beyond the status of a learner driver in relation to the driving of motor vehicles of a particular class if the Registrar determines that, in view of the person's experience in driving motor vehicles of the relevant class, the person should not be regarded as a learner driver.