The Court held that licence suspension orders made by the Registrar of the Fines Enforcement Registry under pt 3 of the FPINE Act are administrative in nature and do not constitute an impermissible exercise of judicial power, as they do not determine the criminal liability of the alleged offender. The Court confirmed that s 101C certificates operate as evidentiary facilitative provisions proving the existence of licence suspension orders and do not shift the legal onus or infringe the presumption of innocence. The Court also held that ANPR alerts identifying a vehicle registered to a person with a suspended licence, and observed avoidance behaviour near a breath testing operation, each provided sufficient bases for the reasonable suspicion required under s 32(2) of the RTAA.
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