221Mandatory immediate suspension of driver accreditation

221 Mandatory immediate suspension of driver accreditation

(1) This section applies if an accredited driver is subject to a charge for a category 1 offence that has not been finally disposed of.

(2) The regulator must serve on the accredited driver a notice (an immediate suspension notice) suspending the driver accreditation.

(3) An immediate suspension notice served in relation to a driver accreditation ends—

(a) if the accreditation is cancelled under section 219(1)(a), on the day of that cancellation; or

(b) if the person served the immediate suspension notice is found not guilty of the offence, on the day of that finding; or

(c) if the charge is dismissed by a court or is withdrawn, on the day of that dismissal or withdrawal; or

(d) if the proceeding for the hearing of the charge is discontinued by the prosecution, on the day of that discontinuance; or

(e) if the person served the immediate suspension notice is discharged by a court following a committal proceeding, on the day of that discharge.

S. 222 inserted by No. 63/2017 s. 18.