For the purposes of calculating, for this Division, the period for which a person has held an Australian driver licence –

(a) the Registrar must exclude any period for which –

(i) the person has held the licence as a learner licence; or

(ii) the person has been disqualified from driving by an Australian court or by the operation of an automatic statutory penalty; or

(iii) the licence has been suspended; and

(b) if the person has held a licence to drive a motor vehicle in an external territory or a foreign country, the Registrar may take into account all, or any part of, the period as if the licence had been an Australian driver licence.