Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (DRIVERS) REGULATIONS 2019 - REG 62

Reg. 62(1) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 43(a)), substituted by S.R. No. 129/2022 reg. 3(2).

    (1)     This regulation applies if—

        (a)     the Secretary decides to grant, vary or renew a driver licence or learner permit; or

        (b)     the suspension of a driver licence or learner permit ceases.

Reg. 62(2) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 43(b)).

    (2)     The Secretary must issue the person a driver licence document or learner permit document in the form required by regulation 63 as soon as practicable after—

        (a)     in the case of the grant or renewal of a driver licence—payment of the relevant fee specified in section 21A of the Act; or

        (b)     in the case of the variation of a driver licence or the variation, grant or renewal of a learner permit—payment of the relevant fee specified in Schedule 6; or

Reg. 62(2)(c) amended by S.R. Nos 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 43(a)), 129/2022 reg. 3(3).

        (c)     in the case of the variation, grant or renewal of a driver licence or learner permit where the Secretary has waived the relevant fee under regulation 28 or determined to waive the relevant fee under regulation 111 —the waiving of the relevant fee or the making of that determination, as the case requires; or

Reg. 62(2)(d) inserted by S.R. No. 129/2022 reg. 3(4).

        (d)     in the case of the suspension of a driver licence or learner permit—the suspension of the driver licence or learner permit ceases.

Reg. 62(3) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 43(a)).

    (3)     If the Secretary decides to renew or vary a driver licence or learner permit, the Secretary may—

Reg. 62(3)(a) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 43(a)).

        (a)     require the person to surrender the previous driver licence or learner permit document to the Secretary; or

        (b)     deface, or require the person to deface, the previous driver licence or learner permit document.

Reg. 62(4) amended by S.R. No. 172/2019 reg. 5(Sch. 2 item 43(a)).

    (4)     Before the document is issued, the Secretary may issue a driver licence receipt or learner permit receipt to the person as an interim measure.

    (5)     A driver licence receipt or learner permit receipt ceases to be in force on the earlier of the following days—

        (a)     the day that is 3 months after the date of its issue;

        (b)     the day that the driver licence document or learner permit document is issued to the person.