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Interstate and overseas learners

Transferring an interstate or overseas learner licence

Interstate, overseas and New Zealand drivers who hold a current car (class C) learner licence issued before 1 July 2007 can transfer their learner licence to a Queensland learner licence after 1 July 2007 without having to complete 100 hours of on-road driving or hold their learner licence for 12 months. You are only required to hold a learner licence for 6 months. The length of time you have held your interstate or overseas learner licence within the last two years will count towards these 6 months (the date of issue on your learner licence will be used to calculate this).

If you renew or have your learner licence reissued after 1 July 2007 you will be required to meet all other requirements to gain your licence (including 100 hours of on-road driving experience recorded in your logbook and hold your learner licence for a mandatory period of 12 months).

Applicants from a foreign country not listed in schedule 4 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 will be required to pass the general written road rules test and meet all of the eligibility requirements.

Interstate fee free

Your Queensland learner licence will be issued with the same expiry date as your interstate learner licence free of charge for a maximum of three years. However, if you renew or have your learner licence reissued you will be required to meet all requirements (including 100 hours of on-road driving recorded in your logbook and hold a learner licence for a mandatory period of 12 months).

Overseas learner licence holders only

If you are 16 years of age and hold a current car (class C) learner licence from a country listed in schedule 4 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 you are able to transfer your current learner licence to a Queensland learner licence without having to pass the written road rules test.

Your learner licence must be provided in English (recognised translations are accepted).



Last updated 14 February 2008