Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2021
sec.261Additional demerit points for multiple mobile phone offences
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sec.261 Additional demerit points for multiple mobile phone offences
This section applies if— a person commits a mobile phone offence (the later offence ); and within 1 year before the person commits the later offence, the person committed 1 or more earlier mobile phone offences for which demerit points have been or must be recorded on the person’s traffic history under section 256 . Four additional demerit points must be added to the demerit points allocated under section 257 for the later offence. The additional demerit points are taken to be allocated on the day the later offence was committed. In this section— mobile phone offence means an offence against— section 228 (2) ; or the expired regulation, section 68 (2) ; or the Queensland Road Rules , section 300 (1) . (sec.261-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person commits a mobile phone offence (the later offence ); and within 1 year before the person commits the later offence, the person committed 1 or more earlier mobile phone offences for which demerit points have been or must be recorded on the person’s traffic history under section 256 . (sec.261-ssec.2) Four additional demerit points must be added to the demerit points allocated under section 257 for the later offence. (sec.261-ssec.3) The additional demerit points are taken to be allocated on the day the later offence was committed. (sec.261-ssec.4) In this section— mobile phone offence means an offence against— section 228 (2) ; or the expired regulation, section 68 (2) ; or the Queensland Road Rules , section 300 (1) .
- (a) a person commits a mobile phone offence (the later offence ); and
- (b) within 1 year before the person commits the later offence, the person committed 1 or more earlier mobile phone offences for which demerit points have been or must be recorded on the person’s traffic history under section 256 .
- (a) section 228 (2) ; or
- (b) the expired regulation, section 68 (2) ; or
- (c) the Queensland Road Rules , section 300 (1) .