Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005
59Suspension of vehicle registration
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59 Suspension of vehicle registration
(1) The Director may direct the suspension of the registration of any vehicle registered to the enforcement debtor as the registered operator if –
(a) the enforcement debtor has failed to pay the monetary penalty within the time allowed; and
(b) in the case of an enforcement debtor who has made an application to convert the monetary penalty to an MPCSO, the application has been refused.
(2) [Section 59 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 4 of 2011, s. 22, Applied:01 Jun 2011] . . . . . . . .
(3) If a vehicle registration suspended under this section is transferred, the suspension ceases to have effect.
(4) If an enforcement debtor referred to in subsection (1) is not the registered operator of a vehicle at the time of a direction under that subsection, the direction operates so as to prevent the enforcement debtor from being registered as the registered operator of a vehicle.