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Road Safety Act 1986
85FImmediate licence or permit suspension for certain speeding offences
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85F Immediate licence or permit suspension for certain speeding offences
(1) If a person is charged by a police officer with a relevant speeding offence that has been detected by a speed detector, any police officer, by written notice, may suspend the driver licence or learner permit of the person at any time after the filing of the charge-sheet charging the relevant speeding offence until the charge has been determined.
***relevant speeding offence*** means an offence—
(a) against section 64 where a motor vehicle was driven—
(ii) if the applicable speed limit was 110 kilometres per hour, at a speed of 145 kilometres per hour or more; or
(b) against section 65B or rule 20 of the Road Rules where a motor vehicle was driven—
(ii) if the applicable speed limit was 110 kilometres per hour, at a speed of 145 kilometres per hour or more.
S. 85G inserted by No. 6/2020 s. 7.