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Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970
18CCommencement of period of disqualification
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### 18C Commencement of period of disqualification
> [*\[Section 18C Inserted by No. 68 of 2007, s. 12, Applied:19 Dec 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-12-19/act-2007-068#GS12@EN) A period of disqualification takes effect –
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> > > (a) [*\[Section 18C Amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 34, Applied:03 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-03/act-2017-038#GS34@EN) if the person is not subject to a current period of disqualification, licence suspension or ineligibility to hold a driver licence as a result of the accumulation of demerit points, as soon as the person is given the road safety disqualification notice; or
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> > > (b) if, at the time of being given the notice, the person is subject to a current period of disqualification, licence suspension or ineligibility to hold a driver licence as a result of the accumulation of demerit points, on the expiration of that period of disqualification, suspension or ineligibility.