New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 66

66 Suspension or cancellation of driver licence

(1) Transport for NSW must, without further notice, suspend any driver licence of a fine defaulter against whom it is required to take enforcement action for the balance of the period of the licence.

(1A) Transport for NSW must suspend the driver licence of a fine defaulter even if the Commissioner has--

(a) granted an extension of time for the payment of the fine, or

(b) allowed the fine defaulter to pay the fine by instalments,

after requiring Transport for NSW to take enforcement action.

(2) If the driver licence is suspended and--

(a) where the Commissioner has granted the fine defaulter an extension of time for payment of the fine, the fine remains unpaid for at least 6 months after the extended due date, or

(b) where the Commissioner has allowed the payment of a fine by instalments, an instalment remains unpaid for at least 6 months, or

(c) in any other case, the fine concerned remains unpaid for at least 6 months,

Transport for NSW must, if the Commissioner so directs, cancel the licence.

(3) Transport for NSW is to remove the suspension of a driver licence if the Commissioner so directs.

(3A) The obligation to suspend the driver licence of a fine defaulter under subsection (1) extends to any licence that is already suspended when enforcement action is required to be taken under this Division. Accordingly, if the period of suspension comes to an end before the expiry of the licence, Transport for NSW is then to take action under subsection (1) to further suspend the licence if the Commissioner so directs.

(4) The Commissioner (or Transport for NSW on the Commissioner's behalf) may notify the fine defaulter of the enforcement action taken under this section, but a failure to notify the fine defaulter does not affect that action.

(5) Despite the suspension or cancellation of a driver licence under this section, a court or Transport for NSW may exercise a function under another Act to suspend or cancel the licence.