Victorian Numbered Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (DRIVERS) (YOUNG DRIVERS) INTERIM REGULATIONS 2007 (SR NO 72 OF 2007) - REG 7

r. 7

After regulation 201 of the Principal Regulations insert —

    " 201A     Supervised driving experience for licence applicants less than 21 years

    (1)     For the purpose of section 19(2)(c) of the Act, in addition to the requirement in regulation 201(2)(b)(i), in the case of an applicant for a driver licence who is under the age of 21 years at the time of his or her application, it is a requirement for being granted a probationary driver licence that the applicant has a minimum driving experience of 120 hours of driving, including the number of hours of night driving determined by the Corporation.

    (2)         The Corporation may exempt a person from the requirement of subregulation (1) if the nature of the person's occupation, employment or family circumstances is such that compliance with the requirement would impose undue hardship on the person or the person's family, taking into consideration—

        (a)     the person's driving experience and the circumstances in which that experience was obtained; and

        (b)     the likely effect of the exemption on safe, efficient and equitable road use in Victoria.

    (3)     If the Corporation exempts a person from the requirement of subregulation (1) it may impose conditions on the person's driver licence which, for a specified period—

        (a)     limit the carriage of passengers;

        (b)     limit routes of travel;

        (c)     restrict driving to specified times of the day;

        (d)     restrict driving to specified days of the week.".