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374B PDFTitle:ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONSGazette Number:L.N. 256 of 2008
Regulation:12MHeading:Reissue of probationary driving licencesVersion Date:09/02/2009


(1) If a person's full driving licence to drive a class of motor vehicle is cancelled under regulation 12L(1) because the person is convicted of one offence mentioned in the Twelfth Schedule, the person may, for the purpose of regulation 12F(2)(b), within 3 years after the cancellation, apply to the Commissioner in a form specified by the Commissioner for the reissue to him of the probationary driving licence to drive the class of motor vehicle that was held by him before the issue of the full driving licence.
(2) Subject to regulations 6 and 9, the Commissioner shall, for the purpose of regulation 12F(2)(b), on receipt of-

        (a) an application under paragraph (1) signed by the applicant;
        (b) the applicant's identity document; and
        (c) subject to regulation 12J(a) or (b), the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule,
reissue to the applicant the probationary driving licence to drive the class of motor vehicle the subject of his application.
(3) On reissuing a probationary driving licence to a person under paragraph (2) to drive the class of motor vehicle the subject of his application under paragraph (1), the Commissioner may, subject to regulation 12J(d), at the same time reissue to the person the probationary driving licence to drive a motor vehicle of another class, if-
        (a) the probationary driving licence to drive that other class of motor vehicle-
          (i) was issued to him under regulation 12G(3A) on issuing the probationary driving licence to drive the class of motor vehicle the subject of his application; and
          (ii) was held by him before the issue of the full driving licence to drive that other class of motor vehicle which was cancelled under regulation 12L(1) because he is convicted of one offence mentioned in the Twelfth Schedule; and
        (b) he does not hold a probationary, temporary or full driving licence to drive that other class of motor vehicle.
(4) A probationary driving licence reissued under this regulation to an applicant to drive a class of motor vehicle shall be valid for-
        (a) subject to subparagraph (b), 6 months from the date of reissue of the licence; or
        (b) if, on the date of application, the applicant holds a valid probationary driving licence to drive another class of motor vehicle, a period that expires at the end of the expiry date of that licence.
(5) If a probationary driving licence is reissued under this regulation, the licence shall, for the purposes of these regulations, be treated as a licence renewed under regulation 12H.
(23 of 2008 s. 38)