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Road Transport (General) Act 1999
84Suspension of driver licence, registration etc for default
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84 Suspension of driver licence, registration etc for default
of court imposed fine
(1) This section applies if the road transport authority is notified under
the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 116M (1) that
a person has defaulted in payment of an outstanding fine.
Note The Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, s 116M (1) requires the
director-general mentioned in that Act to notify the road transport
authority if a person has defaulted on a court imposed fine.
(a) send the person a written notice (a fine enforcement notice) that
(b) if the outstanding fine is not paid before the enforcement date in
the fine enforcement notice—take action under subsection (5)
(the fine enforcement action) on the enforcement date.
(3) A fine enforcement notice must state—
(a) particulars of the default notice and the reminder notice for the
outstanding fine to which the fine enforcement notice relates;
and
Note The Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, deals with default
notices (see s 116H (1)) and reminder notices (see s 116J (1)).
(b) that if the person does not pay the outstanding fine before a
stated date (the enforcement date), the authority will take fine
enforcement action on the enforcement date; and
(4) However, the enforcement date must not be earlier than 10 days after
the day the fine enforcement notice is sent to the person.
(5) If the road transport authority is required to take fine enforcement
action, the authority must—
(a) suspend the person’s driver licence; or
(b) if the person is not the holder of a driver licence but is the sole
registered operator of—
(i) 1 motor vehicle—suspend the registration of the vehicle;
or
(ii) 2 or more motor vehicles—suspend the registration of
1 vehicle for each outstanding fine, starting with the
vehicle with the shortest period of registration left; or
(c) if the person is not the holder of a driver licence and is not the
sole registered operator of a motor vehicle—disqualify the
person from obtaining a driver licence; or
(d) if the person is the holder of an interstate driver licence or an
external driver licence—suspend the person’s right to drive a
vehicle in the ACT.