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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
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25J Definitions
community order means:
(a) a community correction order or intensive community
correction order made under the Sentencing Act 1995; or
(b) a community based order or community custody order made
under the Sentencing Act 1995 as in force before the
commencement of Part 2 of the Sentencing and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2022.
driving program, for a community order, means a prescribed
program as defined in section 3(1) of the Sentencing Act 1995 that
requires the offender for whom the order is made to undertake a
program relating to:
(a) driving, including rehabilitation for drink or drug driving; or
(b) road safety.
licence disqualification, for an offender, means a disqualification
applying to the offender in relation to holding a licence or the
offender's ability to apply for a licence or renewal of a licence.
licensed driver, for a class of motor vehicle, means a person who
holds:
(a) a licence to drive a motor vehicle of the class other than a
learner licence or licence that is provisional under section 10A;
or
(b) an equivalent licence granted in a State or another Territory.
offender, see section 25K(1)(a).
previously licensed offender, see section 25L(1)(a).
unlicensed offender, see section 25L(1)(b).