14Mutual recognition

14 Mutual recognition

(1) The driver licensing authority must, in accordance with the Supporting Principles, recognise: (a) driver licences issued by another jurisdiction; and (b) licence conditions that apply to those licences, other than conditions that apply only in circumstances that are unique to that other jurisdiction. (2) If: (a) a person: (i) commits an offence in this jurisdiction that is included in the national schedule of demerit points; or (ii) pays the amount specified in an infringement notice for such an offence; and (b) the person holds a driver licence issued by another driver licensing authority; the driver licensing authority must, as soon as practicable, transmit all relevant information about the offence to the other driver licensing authority. (3) If the person is not the holder of an Australian driver licence, the driver licensing authority must transmit the relevant information about the offence to the driver licensing authority of the State or internal Territory in which the person resides. (4) However, the driver licensing authority is not required to transmit any information until after: (a) if the person appeals against a conviction for the offence and the appeal is dismissed—the dismissal of the appeal; or (b) if the person does not appeal—the last time at which the person could have appealed. (5) If the driver licensing authority receives information about a person from another driver licensing authority under the provision of the law of the other jurisdiction that corresponds to this principle, the driver licensing authority must take the action it would have taken if the offence had been committed in this jurisdiction.