223ASuspension of foreign driver

223A Suspension of foreign driver

223A Suspension of foreign driver

(1) The Commissioner of Police may suspend the authority of the holder of a foreign driver licence to drive in this jurisdiction if the total number of demerit points specified under section 32 for all relevant offences during the relevant 3-year period is 13 or more.

(2) The suspension must not exceed 14 days.

(3) The Commissioner of Police must immediately—

(a) notify Transport for NSW that the Commissioner has suspended the authority and the grounds for the suspension, and

(b) report to Transport for NSW whether in the Commissioner’s opinion a further suspension or the cancellation of the authority is warranted or is desirable in the interest of public safety.

(4) In this section—

relevant 3-year period means the 3-year period immediately before the suspension under this section would commence.

relevant offence means an offence against an Act or statutory rule—

(a) for which a penalty notice has been issued to the holder of a foreign driver licence, and

(b) for which demerit points may, but have not yet been, incurred.

s 223A: Ins 2020 No 33, Sch 1[32].