A Licence Eligibility Order (LEO) is what you’re required to get from the Magistrates' Court, if your licence or permit has been cancelled or you’re disqualified because of a:
- drug-driving offence
- first drink-driving offence with a BAC > 0.10 or any repeat offence
- combined drink and drug-driving offence or
- serious motor vehicle offence such as dangerous driving.
When you attend the hearing, the court decides whether to issue you with a LEO, which is required from the Court before you can get your licence back.
What's changed?
From 1 December, you won’t need to get a LEO for:
- drink-driving offences (at any BAC level*)
- repeat drink-driving
- combined drink and drug-driving or
- for other alcohol related offences (such as refusing a breath test).
If you don’t need a LEO, you can apply directly to VicRoads to get your licence re-issued if:
- your cancellation period has finished and
- you’ve met all relicensing requirements.
If your licence is reissued, an Alcohol Interlock ‘I’ Condition will be applied.
If your licence has been cancelled for an offence that didn’t involve a motor vehicle:
- you won’t need a LEO and
- an alcohol interlock condition won’t be imposed.
What hasn't changed?
You’ll still need to get a LEO for:
- A drug driving cancellation
- Any serious motor vehicle offences involving alcohol and/or drugs. Where alcohol is involved, the court will still be required to make a determination about imposing an alcohol interlock.