Notice of immediate licence suspension and disqualification from driving
29AAN Notice of immediate licence suspension and disqualification from driving
(1) If a person is charged with an immediate suspension offence, a police officer may give the person a notice under this section.
(2) For subsection (1), a person is charged with the offence when given a copy of the charge, signed by a police officer.
The notice has the following effect:
(a) the person's licence is suspended immediately on the person receiving the notice;
the person is immediately disqualified from driving.
The notice must:
be in a form approved by the Commissioner; and
inform the person of the suspension and disqualification; and
(c) include a statement of the person's right to appeal to the Local Court against the suspension and disqualification.
(3B) On receiving the notice, the person must surrender to a police officer any licence document the person holds.
(3C) The suspension and disqualification continue until the earlier of the following:
any day the notice is revoked;
(b) any day the charge of the immediate suspension offence is withdrawn;
any day a court:
finds the person not guilty of the offence; or
discharges the person without conviction for the offence; or
sentences the person for the offence.
(4) A police officer who gives a person a notice under this section must provide details of the notice, and the person to whom it was given, to the Registrar without delay.
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