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TRAFFIC ACT 1987 - SECT 31

Driving while disqualified

    (1)     Where a person is disqualified from holding a licence for a period, that person shall not during that period:

        (a)     obtain a licence; or

        (b)     drive a motor vehicle on a public street or public place.

Penalty:     Imprisonment for 12 months.

    (1A)     If a person is disqualified from obtaining a licence other than an AIL licence for an AIL period, the person must not apply for a licence other than an AIL licence during that period.

    (1B)     In addition, the person must not, during that period, drive a motor vehicle at a public place or on a public street except under an AIL licence.

Maximum penalty:     Imprisonment for 12 months.

    (2)     Where a person is found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) or (1B), the court may disqualify that person from holding a licence for such further period as it thinks fit.



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