Learner's Licence Procedures

(1) The categories of learner's licences and the classes of motor vehicles pertaining to each code of learner's licence are:

  1. Code 1: Motor cycle with or without side-car, motor tricycle or quadrucycle;
  2. 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
  3. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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:

CODE OF LEARNER'S LICENCE ISSUED BEFORE 1 MARCH 1998

NEW CODE LEARNER'S LICENCE

Code 01, 02, 03, 04 and 15 or a code 12 for aforementioned codes

Code 1

Code 05, 06, 07, 08 or a code 12 for aforementioned codes

Code 2

Code 10, 11, 13 and 14 or a code 12 for aforementioned codes

Code 3

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