Appeals against alcohol interlock condition direction or period specified in direction
50AAC Appeals against alcohol interlock condition direction or period specified in direction
S. 50AAC(1) amended by Nos 110/2004 s. 31(4)(a)–(c), 81/2006 ss 5(6), 19(3)(d), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 106.5), substituted by No. 56/2013 s. 8(2), amended by Nos 3/2016 s. 99, 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 102).
If the Magistrates' Court, on making a licence eligibility order, gives an alcohol interlock condition direction to the Secretary, the person in respect of whom the direction is given may appeal under section 254 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 against—
in the case of a direction given under section 50AAA(3), the giving of the direction; or
in any case, the specified period of the direction if that period is more than the minimum period required to be specified under section 50AAA(5) or (6) in relation to the relevant offence—
as if the direction were a sentence of a kind referred to in section 254 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.
That Act applies with respect to the appeal with any necessary modifications.
S. 50AAC(3) inserted by No. 56/2013 s. 8(3), amended by No. 3/2016 s. 99.
The making of an appeal under subsection (1) does not stay the operation of the direction but the Magistrates' Court may stay its operation pending the decision of the appeal.
S. 50AACA inserted by No. 56/2013 s. 9, amended by Nos 49/2014 s. 21, 70/2016 s. 17, repealed by No. 7/2019 s. 19.
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S. 50AACB (Heading), amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 103).
S. 50AACB inserted by No. 56/2013 s. 9, amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 104).
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