Licence conditions

Certain NSW driver licences have 'licence conditions' attached. These are legal requirements you must follow when driving or riding.

Why add conditions?

Transport for NSW may decide you need a condition added to your licence.

Conditions may be added for a range of reasons, including:

• medical reasons, such as a need to wear glasses when driving
• provisional driving when you’re on the pathway to getting your full licence (for example, a condition that you must only carry one passenger)
• point to point passenger driver requirements such as alcohol and drug limits, or a need to wear glasses
• other legal requirements such as driving a certain vehicle type (for example, automatic), or using an alcohol interlock device.

When do conditions apply?

Most conditions apply at all times when driving or riding.

Others depend on circumstance. For example, some conditions only apply if you're driving at night, or driving passengers point to point.

How conditions appear on your licence

If Transport decides to add conditions, they're usually printed on your licence.

The front of your licence will show "Condition" followed by a code.

The back of your licence will describe the condition(s). For example:

S – the holder must wear corrective lenses at all times while driving.

Here's how conditions might appear on a NSW driver licence (front and back).

If conditions are not listed on your licence

If you're unsure if you have conditions on your licence, please contact Service NSW.

In some cases conditions are not printed on a licence.

If the conditions are not printed on your licence, when you're driving or riding you must still:

• comply with the conditions (they are recorded on our system which law enforcement officers can access)
• carry your driver or rider licence.

Common codes and conditions

These are some common codes for conditions added to licences in NSW.

A – the holder must drive only a motor vehicle fitted with an automatic transmission.

S – the holder must wear corrective lenses at all times while driving.

Z – the holder must not drive with a breath or blood alcohol concentration of 0.02 grams or more of alcohol in 210 litres of breath, or 100 millilitres of blood.

For information on other codes, please contact Service NSW.

Conditions interstate

Are you a NSW driver or rider planning on travelling interstate?

If so, you must obey the same licence conditions that apply to you in NSW when driving or riding.

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