43. Regulations classifying vehicles, drivers, etc.
(1) The Governor may make regulations ¾
(a) classifying motor vehicles for the purposes of this Part;
(b) prescribing the minimum ages, subject to section 42, of persons to be issued with a driver's licence appropriate to any class of motor vehicle;
(c) requiring that an applicant for a driver's licence for specified classes of motor vehicle be the holder for a prescribed period of a driver's licence for such other class or classes of motor vehicle as is or are, respectively, specified in the regulations; and
(d) providing for transitional provisions in relation to the issue of drivers' licences where the Director General has approved a new form of licence under section 42A, including provision for the surrender of existing licences and the issue of licences in a new form in place of existing licences.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1)(a), a vehicle may be classified by regulations under that paragraph by reference to the purpose for which or manner in which it is being used.
[Section 43 amended by No. 89 of 1978 s.8; No. 11 of 1988 s.6; No. 57 of 1988 s.6; No. 76 of 1996 s.20(3).]