Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If, when the
period for which a person is disqualified under this Part from holding or
obtaining a driver’s licence (the disqualification period ) would
otherwise commence —
(a) the
person is already disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s
licence; or
(b) the
person has made a section 51 election and the section 51 election period has
not ended,
the commencement of
the disqualification period is postponed, and the disqualification under this
Part does not have effect, until the time described in subsection (2) as the
postponed commencement time.
(2) The postponed
commencement time is when —
(a) any
disqualification that has already commenced when the disqualification period
would otherwise have commenced, or that commences subsequently, has ended; and
(b) any
section 51 election period that has already commenced when the
disqualification period would otherwise have commenced, or that commences
subsequently, has ended.
(3) Postponing the
commencement of the disqualification period does not reduce the
disqualification period.
(4) For the purposes
of subsections (1) and (2), a person is to be taken to be disqualified from
holding or obtaining a driver’s licence during any time for which
—
(a) the
person is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence; or
(b) a
driver’s licence held by the person is suspended.