VIC Driver Licence Number

Detects Victorian driver licence and learner permit numbers in the established eight-to-ten-digit shape. Enforceable tiers require an explicit licence-number label and Victorian context; the strict tier additionally requires VicRoads authority evidence.

Type: regex
Engine: universal
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium confidence: eight-to-ten-digit values are common outside licensing, but a licence-number label plus Victorian context provides a balanced signal and VicRoads evidence provides a strict signal.
Jurisdictions: au-vic
Regulations: Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic), Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic)
Frameworks: ISO 27001
Data categories: pii, government-id
Scope: specific
Risk rating: 5
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Unsupported, Macie: Unsupported, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Unsupported, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

\b(?!04\d{8}\b)(?!0{8,10}\b)\d{8,10}\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

VIC driver licence number, Victoria driver licence number, Victorian learner permit number, VicRoads

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

728491635 — Exact 65 discovery probe - bare nine-digit Victorian-shaped candidate
VIC driver licence number: 728491635 — Exact 75 balanced probe - labelled candidate with VIC context but no authority
VicRoads Victoria driver licence number: 728491635 — Exact 85 strict probe - labelled candidate with VicRoads authority
VicRoads Victorian learner permit no. 72849163 — Strict eight-digit learner permit variant

Should not match

Customer account number: 728491635 — Nine-digit account collision has no licence label or Victorian context
NSW driver licence number: 728491635 — Wrong-state collision must not reach an enforceable VIC tier
VicRoads vehicle registration number: 728491635 — Sibling registration identifier is not a driver licence number
VIC driver licence contact mobile: 0412345678 — Australian mobile number must not classify as a Victorian licence number
Sample data: VIC driver licence number: 728491635 — Sample fixture is excluded

Known false positives

Eight-to-ten-digit customer, claim, invoice, Medicare, and telephone values. Mitigation: Require a labelled licence-number primary and exclude AU mobile shapes from all tiers.
Numeric licence formats from other Australian jurisdictions. Mitigation: Require Victorian context and VicRoads evidence for strict classification.