Northern Territory
Driver licensing is administered by the Motor Vehicle Registry under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949.
The Northern Territory is the outlier on driver licensing and the most valuable single entry in the comparison. It requires no mandatory minimum supervised driving hours at all -- the learner logbook is a voluntary personal record, and the widely cited 100-hour figure is published as a safety recommendation rather than a requirement.
Combined with a six-month learner period, that produces a pathway roughly half the length of Victoria's for the identical licence. The NT is not a deregulatory success story to be copied uncritically: it has particular geography, remoteness and road safety circumstances, and its road toll per capita is not comparable to the southern states. It is the natural experiment that makes the rest of the comparison interpretable.
Key legislation
- Motor Vehicles Act 1949 (NT)
Processes in this jurisdiction
| Process | Steps | Elapsed | Scheduling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build a multi storey apartment building — Northern Territory | 18 | 846d | 35% |
| Buy land and build a single storey house — Northern Territory | 21 | 295d | 4% |
| Get a car driver licence — Northern Territory | 8 | 937d | 2% |
| A house is built in a remote Northern Territory community | 9 | 1245d | 0% |
| Build a block of townhouses — Northern Territory | 16 | 484d | 37% |
Bodies
- Aboriginal community-controlled housing sectorPeak body and community-controlled providers of remote housing
- Building certifier (NT)Issues building permits
- Development Consent Authority (NT)Determines development applications
- Land councilRepresents traditional owners and consents to land use on Aboriginal land
- Land Titles Office (NT)Land titles registry
- Motor Vehicle Registry (NT)Driver licensing and testing