Licences issued before 1 July 2007
The graduated licensing system applies to drivers who were issued with a learner or provisional licence, or renewed their Queensland learner licence on or after 1 July 2007.
If your provisional licence was issued before 1 July 2007, you will continue under the previous provisional licensing system rules to an open licence class without needing to follow the P1 and P2 rules and restrictions.
However, if you are a provisional or open licence holder and incur a good driving behaviour period, licence suspension or a disqualification some of the new penalties might apply to you.
If you hold a provisional licence, known as a P licence, or an open licence you will have a late-night driving restriction between the hours of 11pm and 5am for one year, if you:
- have a demerit point suspension, a good driving behaviour period or a high speed suspension (where the date of the latest offence that attributed to the suspension or good driving behaviour period occurred after 30 June 2007 while you were under 25 years of age)
- are disqualified from driving, and the offence date was after 30 June 2007, and you were under 25 years of age and return to a probationary or restricted licence.
How long do I have to hold a provisional licence if it was issued before 1 July 2007?
The amount of time you need to hold your provisional licence depends on the age you were when you took the practical driving test.
If you were:
- under 23 years of age for at least three years
- at least 23 years but under 24 years of age for at least two years
- 24 years of age and older for at least one year.
This period may be a single continuous period, or made up of a number of individual periods. This time must be accumulated over the five years immediately before you apply for your open licence. Any licence suspension will not be included in calculating this period.
What conditions apply to my provisional licence if it was issued before 1 July 2007?
- You must have a zero (0.00 per cent) blood or breath alcohol concentration if you are under 25 years of age, or a blood or breath alcohol limit below 0.05 per cent if you are 25 years or over, when driving or riding. If you drink and drive you will be fined and/or disqualified from driving.
- You must not drive under the influence of drugs.
- You must keep your provisional licence with you at all times when you are driving, or riding, and show it to a police officer when asked to do so.
- You must obey any conditions stated on your provisional licence.
- You may only drive, or ride, the class of vehicle stated on your provisional licence.
- You may learn to drive or ride the next higher eligible class of vehicle to the class of vehicle stated on your provisional licence.
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Last updated 16 June 2009
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