(1)  Where a licence has been suspended in a case to which regulation 23 refers and, within 3 years after the completion of the period of suspension, the licence would, but for this regulation, again be suspended under a section of the Act referred to in that regulation, the licence is taken to be cancelled.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply in a case where there has been an absolute transfer of a licence under Division 4 of Part 6 of the Act since the previous period of suspension.