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Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
sec.79GWhen person is disqualified while section 79E order applies
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### sec.79G When person is disqualified while section 79E order applies
This section applies if—
a person in relation to whom a section 79E order applies is, for any reason, disqualified by a court for a period from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence; and
the period of disqualification ends before the relevant charge for the person’s suspended licence, in relation to which the section 79E order was made, is dealt with by a court or is withdrawn or is otherwise discontinued.
The person is, by operation of law and without a specific order, disqualified from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence until the relevant charge is dealt with by a court or is withdrawn or is otherwise discontinued.
In this section—
relevant charge , for a person’s suspended licence, means the charge that resulted in the licence being suspended under section 79B (2) .
suspended licence , of a person, means the person’s Queensland driver licence that has been suspended under section 79B (2) because the person has been charged as mentioned in section 79B (1) (a) , (ab) , (b) or (d) .
s 79G ins 2007 No. 6 s 56C
amd 2010 No. 13 s 3 sch pt 1 ; 2011 No. 12 s 104
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ss 79H–79J ins 2024 No. 45 s 96 (uncommenced amendment)
(sec.79G-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person in relation to whom a section 79E order applies is, for any reason, disqualified by a court for a period from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence; and the period of disqualification ends before the relevant charge for the person’s suspended licence, in relation to which the section 79E order was made, is dealt with by a court or is withdrawn or is otherwise discontinued.
(sec.79G-ssec.2) The person is, by operation of law and without a specific order, disqualified from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence until the relevant charge is dealt with by a court or is withdrawn or is otherwise discontinued.
(sec.79G-ssec.3) In this section— relevant charge , for a person’s suspended licence, means the charge that resulted in the licence being suspended under section 79B (2) . suspended licence , of a person, means the person’s Queensland driver licence that has been suspended under section 79B (2) because the person has been charged as mentioned in section 79B (1) (a) , (ab) , (b) or (d) .
- (a) a person in relation to whom a section 79E order applies is, for any reason, disqualified by a court for a period from holding or obtaining a Queensland driver licence; and
- (b) the period of disqualification ends before the relevant charge for the person’s suspended licence, in relation to which the section 79E order was made, is dealt with by a court or is withdrawn or is otherwise discontinued.