10   Eligibility to apply for learner licence

(1)  A person is eligible to apply for a learner licence if he or she meets the relevant eligibility requirements set out in this clause, or is exempted by the Authority (in accordance with clause 8) from being required to do so.

(2)  The relevant eligibility requirement for a learner licence for a motor vehicle of a type to which a driver licence of class C relates is that the person is at least 16 years of age.

(3)  The relevant eligibility requirements for a learner licence for a motorcycle are:

(a)  that the person is at least 16 years and 9 months of age, and

(b)  that the person is the holder of a certificate of satisfactory completion of a learner licence rider training course under Part 6 (being a certificate that is not more than 3 months old when the person applies for the licence) or is exempted by the Authority from the requirement to hold such a certificate.

(4)  The Authority may grant a learner licence to an applicant who is under the required age, but only if the Authority is satisfied that special circumstances exist that justify the granting of a learner licence to the person.

(5)  Despite any other provision of this clause, a learner licence may be granted for any period to a person whose provisional licence, not being a motorcycle licence, has been cancelled.