205ADisqualification for certain unauthorised driving offences

205A Disqualification for certain unauthorised driving offences

205A Disqualification for certain unauthorised driving offences

(1) A person who is convicted of an offence against this Act specified in the Table to this section—

(a) is automatically disqualified from holding a driver licence for the default period of disqualification specified in the Table in respect of that offence, or

(b) if the court that convicts the person thinks fit to order a shorter or longer period of disqualification (but not shorter than the minimum period of disqualification specified in the Table in respect of that offence)—is disqualified from holding a driver licence for the period specified in the order.

(2) Any disqualification under this section is in addition to any penalty imposed for the offence.

Table

| | Offence | Default period of disqualification | Minimum period of disqualification | | 1 | Section 53(3)—second or subsequent offence (Driver never licensed) | 12 months | 3 months | | 2 | Section 54(1), (3) or (4)—first offence (Driving while disqualified, suspended or after licence refusal or cancellation) | 6 months | 3 months | | 3 | Section 54(1), (3) or (4)—second or subsequent offence | 12 months | 6 months | | 4 | Section 54(5)—first offence (Driving after licence suspended or cancelled for non-payment of fine) | 3 months | 1 month | | 5 | Section 54(5)—second or subsequent offence | 12 months | 3 months |

s 205A: Ins 2017 No 46, Sch 1 [10].