Effect of suspension of licence or permit
28A Effect of suspension of licence or permit
S. 28A(1) amended by Nos 5/2016 s. 36(Sch. 1 item 12), 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 55).
(1) A driver licence or learner permit suspended by a court or by the Secretary or by operation of this Act, the Sentencing Act 1991 or the Infringements Act 2006 is, during the suspension, of no effect and a person whose driver licence or learner permit is suspended is, during the suspension, disqualified from obtaining a further driver licence or learner permit.
S. 28A(2) inserted by No. 56/2013 s. 19(2), amended by Nos 68/2017 s. 15, 7/2019 s. 10, 30/2021 s. 42.
A person whose driver licence or learner permit is suspended by force of section 89(4) of the Sentencing Act 1991 is not, only because of that suspension, a person who has been disqualified under that section for the purposes of section 31A, 31E, 50AAA, 52 or 58C.
S. 28B inserted by No. 89/1991 s. 8.
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