18Licence suspension

18 Licence suspension (1) A notice of licence suspension served on a person by the road transport authority under this section—

Section 18 (2) The period of licence suspension is the period, beginning on the date of effect, applying under table 18. Table 18 Table of licence suspension for demerit points column 1 item column 2 number of demerit points incurred within previous 3 years column 3 period of licence suspension 1 12-15 3 months 2 16-19 4 months 3 20 or more 5 months (3) If the person does not make an election under section 19, the person’s driver licence is suspended for the period of licence suspension. (4) A person whose driver licence is suspended under this section is not (5) At the beginning of the period of licence suspension under this section or, if the person makes an election under section 19, the 12 months period of good behaviour under that section, all demerit points recorded in the demerit points register against the person on the date of the notice of licence suspension under this section, and taken into account for the notice, are taken to be deleted.

Section 19 page 18 Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999 (6) Subsection (5) does not prevent the road transport authority keeping (7) In this section: previous 3 years means the 3 year period ending on the day when the person last committed an offence for which demerit points have been recorded against the person.