(1) This section applies to a person who applies to the road transport authority for the issue of a restricted licence if the person has incurred demerit points within the previous 3 years.
(2) The road transport authority may approve the application and issue the licence despite the demerit points that the person has incurred within the previous 3 years.
Note The road transport authority may issue a restricted licence to a person only if the Magistrates Court has made an order authorising the authority to issue the licence to the person (see s 49 (1)).
(3) 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.