Section 36Part 3 — Licensing of Drivers of Vehicles
Conditions under which learners may drive and penalty for offences
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A learner driver in respect of any group of vehicles may drive any vehicle of that group on any road where vehicles may lawfully be driven, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in regulations, and if —
there are displayed in the prescribed manner on the vehicle being driven plates of the prescribed design bearing the letter "L";
the learner driver of a vehicle other than an invalid carriage or motorcycle is, at all times when driving, accompanied and supervised by a person who has been fully licensed and qualified to drive vehicles of the group being driven for a period of at least two years, and who is seated next to the learner driver,
and the holder of a learner's licence in respect of a motorcycle or moped shall not carry a passenger unless that passenger holds a driver's licence in respect of vehicles of that group.
A person who —
breaches a condition of that person's learner's licence; or
supervises or attempts to supervise a learner driver when that person is not qualified to do so,
commits an offence.
A person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for twelve months, or to both, and the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person's driving record.