Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999

A notice of licence ineligibility served on a person by the road transport authority under this section—

must state the date of the notice; and

must state the date, not earlier than 21 days after the notice is served on the person, when the ineligibility of the person to obtain a driver licence is to begin (the date of effect); and

must state the period of licence ineligibility; and

must include any other information required by regulation; and

may include any additional information the road transport authority considers appropriate.

For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.

The period of licence ineligibility is the period, beginning on the date of effect, applying under table 20.

If the person does not make an election under section 21, the person is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence during the period of licence ineligibility and is not entitled to apply for, or be issued with, a restricted licence during that period.

At the beginning of the period of licence ineligibility under this section or, if the person makes an election under section 21, the 12 months period of good behaviour under that section, all demerit points recorded in the demerit points register against the person on the date of the notice of licence ineligibility under this section, and taken into account for the notice, are taken to be deleted.

Subsection (4) does not prevent the road transport authority keeping records of deleted demerit points.

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