South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts75AA—Only one licence to be held at any time
(a1) The Registrar
must not issue a licence to a person who already holds a licence under this
Act unless the person surrenders the licence to the Registrar.
(1) The Registrar must
not issue a licence or learner's permit to a person who holds an interstate
learner's permit, interstate licence or foreign licence unless the
person—
(a)
surrenders the interstate learner's permit, interstate licence or
foreign licence to the Registrar; and
(b) in
the case of a person who holds an interstate learner's permit or
interstate licence—provides the Registrar with a letter addressed to the
authority that issued the permit or licence requesting the authority to cancel
the permit or licence.
(2) Where a person who
holds an interstate learner's permit, interstate licence or foreign licence is
issued with a licence or learner's permit under this Act, the interstate
learner's permit, interstate licence or foreign licence will, for the purposes
of this Act, be taken to have been cancelled on the date of issue of the
licence or permit under this Act.
(3) Where a person who
holds a licence or learner's permit under this Act is issued with an
interstate learner's permit, interstate licence or foreign licence, the
licence or permit under this Act will, for the purposes of this Act, be taken
to have been cancelled on the date of issue of the interstate learner's
permit, interstate licence or foreign licence.
(4) Where a person
holds a licence or learner's permit and one or more interstate learner's
permits or interstate licences, the Registrar may, by written notice to the
person, require the person to elect either—
(a) to
surrender the licence or learner's permit to the Registrar; or
(b) to
surrender the interstate learner's permits or interstate licences to
the Registrar and provide the Registrar with letters addressed to the
authorities that issued the permits or licences requesting those authorities
to cancel the permits or licences.
(5) If a person does
not surrender his or her licence or learner's permit or surrender his or her
interstate learner's permits or interstate licences and provide appropriate
letters within the period allowed in a notice under subsection (4), the
licence or learner's permit will, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to
have been cancelled on the expiry of that period.
(6) The Registrar may,
if satisfied that it would be unreasonable in the circumstances to require a
person who holds a foreign licence to surrender the licence, exempt the person
from the operation of this section.