South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts91—Effect of suspension and disqualification
(1) This section and
section 93 apply to suspensions and disqualifications imposed under this
or any other Act.
(2) While a licence or
learner's permit is suspended it has no force or effect.
(3) Subject to
section 81B(4), while a person is disqualified from holding and obtaining
a licence or learner's permit, any licence or learner's permit held or
obtained by that person has no force or effect.
(4) The Registrar must
not issue a licence or learner's permit to any person who is so disqualified.
(5) A person must not
drive a motor vehicle on a road while the person's licence or learner's permit
is suspended under section 38 of the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery
Act 2017 .
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of a first offence—imprisonment for 6 months; or
(b) in
the case of a subsequent offence—imprisonment for 2 years.
(5a) A person must not
drive a motor vehicle on a road while the person's licence or learner's permit
is suspended (other than under section 38 of the Fines Enforcement and
Debt Recovery Act 2017 ) or while disqualified in this State or another
State or Territory of the Commonwealth from holding or obtaining a licence or
learner's permit.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of a first offence—imprisonment for 12 months; or
(b) in
the case of a subsequent offence—imprisonment for 3 years.
(6)
Subsection (5a) does not apply to a person driving a motor vehicle on a
road in accordance with an unconditional licence to which the disqualification
does not apply in accordance with section 81B(4).