54Driving or making licence applications while disqualified or licence suspended or cancelled

54 Driving or making licence applications while disqualified or licence suspended or cancelled

54 Driving or making licence applications while disqualified or licence suspended or cancelled

(cf DL Act, s 25A(1)–(10))

(1) Driving or making licence application while disqualified A person who is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence must not—

(a) drive a motor vehicle on a road during the period of disqualification, or

(b) make an application for a driver licence during the period of disqualification and in respect of the application—

(i) state the person’s name falsely or incorrectly, or

(ii) omit to mention the disqualification.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months or both (in the case of a first offence) or 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both (in the case of a second or subsequent offence).

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a driver of a motor vehicle in relation to a period of disqualification the commencement and completion dates of which have been altered by operation of section 206 unless Transport for NSW has given written notice of the altered dates to the driver before the driver is alleged to have driven the vehicle.

Note.

Section 276 (and statutory rules made for the purposes of that section) provide for the service and giving of documents to persons under the road transport legislation, which includes this Act.

(3) Driving or making licence application while licence suspended (other than for non-payment of fine) A person whose driver licence is suspended (otherwise than under section 66 of the Fines Act 1996) must not—

(a) drive on a road a motor vehicle of the class to which the suspended driver licence relates, or

(b) make an application for a driver licence during the period of suspension for a motor vehicle of the class to which the suspended driver licence relates and in respect of such an application—

(i) state the person’s name falsely or incorrectly, or

(ii) omit to mention the suspension.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months or both (in the case of a first offence) or 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both (in the case of a second or subsequent offence).