South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (DRINK DRIVING) ACT 2005 (NO 6 OF 2005) - SECT 13

13—Substitution of section 52

Section 52—delete the section and substitute:

52—Cessation of alcohol interlock licence

        (1)         If the holder of a driver's licence subject to alcohol interlock scheme conditions surrenders the licence or ceases to hold the licence for any other reason before the conditions have applied in relation to the person for the required period—

            (a)         in the case of a licence that is surrendered—the person is, on surrender of the licence, disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence for a period equal to the number of days remaining in the period of the person's disqualification for the relevant drink driving offence immediately before the issuing of the licence; or

            (b)         in any other case—a driver's licence subsequently issued to the person will be subject to the conditions until the aggregate of the periods for which the conditions have applied in relation to the person equals the required period.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a driver's licence will only be taken to be surrendered if the person has surrendered the licence voluntarily and has not been required to do so under any Act or law.