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(1) The categories of learner's
licences and the classes of motor vehicles
pertaining to each code of learner's
licence are:
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Code 1: Motor cycle with or without side-car,
motor tricycle or quadrucycle;
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Code 2: Motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle,
tricycle or quadrucycle, the tare of which does not exceed 3 500
kilograms, a mini-bus, bus or goods vehicle the gross vehicle mass of which
does not exceed 3 500 kilograms, an articulated motor vehicle or
combination of a motor vehicle and trailer of which the gross combination mass
of the truck-tractor or drawing vehicle does not exceed 3 500 kilograms,
or a tractor; and
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Code 3: Any motor vehicle other than a motor
cycle, tricycle or quadrucycle.
(2) (a) The holder of a learner's
licence shall, except where such licence relates to a motor vehicle having no
seating accommodation for a passenger or to a motor cycle, when driving the
vehicle concerned, be accompanied in or on that vehicle by, and be under the
direct personal supervision of a person seated next to him or her, or
immediately behind him or her, where such person cannot be seated next to him
or her, and who is in possession of a licence, other than a learner's or
similar licence, authorising him or her to drive that class of motor vehicle.
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A learner's licence in respect of a motor cycle shall not
authorise the holder of it to drive a motor cycle on a public road while
carrying another person.
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A learner's licence shall not authorise the driving of a motor
vehicle while carrying persons for reward, other than a person accompanying the
holder of a learner's licence.
LEARNER'S LICENCE
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A learner's licence with the code
mentioned in the first column of the table below issued before
1 March 1998, shall be
regarded as a learner's licence with the code mentioned against it in the
second column of the table:
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CODE OF LEARNER'S
LICENCE ISSUED BEFORE
1 MARCH 1998
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NEW
CODE LEARNER'S LICENCE
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Code 01, 02, 03, 04 and
15 or a code 12 for aforementioned codes
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Code
1
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Code 05, 06, 07, 08 or
a code 12 for aforementioned codes
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Code
2
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Code 10, 11, 13 and 14
or a code 12 for aforementioned codes
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Code
3
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