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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
sec.187Disqualification from holding Queensland driver licence
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### sec.187 Disqualification from holding Queensland driver licence
If—
an offender is convicted of an offence in connection with or arising out of the operation, or the interference in any way with the operation, of a motor vehicle by the offender; and
the court by or before which the offender is convicted is satisfied having regard to the nature of the offence, or to the circumstances in which it was committed, that the offender should, in the interests of justice, be disqualified from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence;
the court may, in addition to any sentence that it may impose, order that the offender is, from the time of the conviction, disqualified absolutely, or for such period as is ordered by the court, from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence.
Subsection (1) applies whether or not a conviction is recorded.
The proper officer of the court must send a copy of the order to the chief executive of the department that administers the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 .
s 187 amd 1999 No. 42 s 51 sch pt 3 ; 2007 No. 37 s 125 sch ; 2010 No. 48 s 3 sch ; 2013 No. 45 s 52 ; 2014 No. 39 s 67 ; 2016 No. 62 s 281
(sec.187-ssec.1) If— an offender is convicted of an offence in connection with or arising out of the operation, or the interference in any way with the operation, of a motor vehicle by the offender; and the court by or before which the offender is convicted is satisfied having regard to the nature of the offence, or to the circumstances in which it was committed, that the offender should, in the interests of justice, be disqualified from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence; the court may, in addition to any sentence that it may impose, order that the offender is, from the time of the conviction, disqualified absolutely, or for such period as is ordered by the court, from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence.
(sec.187-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not a conviction is recorded.
(sec.187-ssec.3) The proper officer of the court must send a copy of the order to the chief executive of the department that administers the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 .
- (a) an offender is convicted of an offence in connection with or arising out of the operation, or the interference in any way with the operation, of a motor vehicle by the offender; and
- (b) the court by or before which the offender is convicted is satisfied having regard to the nature of the offence, or to the circumstances in which it was committed, that the offender should, in the interests of justice, be disqualified from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence;