Getting your licence back

Getting your licence back will depend on things like:

• whether your licence was cancelled or suspended
• how old you were when you broke the law
• the type of offence committed.

You may have to apply to court to get your licence back. It takes a month to get a hearing date, so apply a month before the disqualification or suspension period ends.

See the VicRoads website (link below) for information about how to get your licence back if the cancellation is about a drink or drug driving offence. You may have to get an assessment report, get an alcohol interlock, sit a test or do a driver education course before your licence can be returned.

If you must do a drink driving course, get proof that you did it. You need to show this to the magistrate if you have to go to court to get your licence back. For some offences you must do a drink driving assessment at least 12 months before you apply to the court.

Make sure you know as soon as possible what you must do to get your licence back. Contact VicRoads or get legal advice about what you need to do in your situation.

More information

Related publications

Road to court

Related websites

Magistrates’ Court – drivers licence restoration

VicRoads – re-licensing requirements for drink drivers and drug drivers

How we can help

Call Victoria Legal Aid’s (VLA) Legal Information Service for free information over the phone about the law and how we can help you with your legal problem. You can speak to a legal information officer in English or ask for an interpreter. Phone (03) 9269 0120 or 1800 677 402 (country callers), Monday to Friday from 8.45 am to 5.15 pm.

If you have to go to court and have not been able to get legal advice beforehand, our free legal services include lawyers who are on ‘duty’ to help at many courts and tribunals.

To find out more about any of our legal services see What we do.

Who else can help?

Your local community legal centre (CLC) can give you legal information and advice. Most CLC services are free. See the Community Law website for more information and CLC contact details.

DirectLine can refer you to drink driving courses throughout Victoria and help with drug and alcohol problems. Call them on 1800 888 236.