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ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) ACT 1999 - SECT 18

Licence suspension

    (1)     A notice of licence suspension served on a person by the road transport authority under this section—

        (a)     must state the date of the notice; and

        (b)     must state the date, not earlier than 21 days after the notice is served on the person, when the suspension of the person's driver licence is to begin (the date of effect ); and

        (c)     must state the period of licence suspension; and

        (d)     must include any other information required by regulation; and

        (e)     may include any additional information the road transport authority considers appropriate.

Note     For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act

, pt 19.5.

    (2)     The period of licence suspension is the period, beginning on the date of effect, applying under table 18.

Table 18     Table of licence suspension for demerit points

column 1

item

column 2
number of demerit points incurred within previous 3 years

column 3
period of licence suspension

1    

12-15

3 months

2    

16-19

4 months

3    

20 or more

5 months

    (3)     If the person does not make an election under section 19, the person's driver licence is suspended for the period of licence suspension.

    (4)     A person whose driver licence is suspended under this section is not entitled to apply for, or be issued with, a restricted licence during the suspension period.

    (5)     At the beginning of the period of licence suspension under this section or, if the person makes an election under section 19, the 12 months period of good behaviour under that section, all demerit points recorded in the demerit points register against the person on the date of the notice of licence suspension under this section, and taken into account for the notice, are taken to be deleted.

    (6)     Subsection (5) does not prevent the road transport authority keeping records of deleted demerit points.

    (7)     In this section:

previous 3 years means the 3 year period ending on the day when the person last committed an offence for which demerit points have been recorded against the person.



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