19CAutomatic suspension of licence for road safety disqualification notice

19C Automatic suspension of licence for road safety disqualification notice

[Section 19C of Part 3 Inserted by No. 68 of 2007, s. 16, Applied:19 Dec 2007]

(1)  [Section 19C Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 69, Applied:03 Dec 2018] If a person is disqualified from driving in accordance with a road safety disqualification notice, his or her driver licence is suspended for the period of disqualification determined in accordance with the notice.

(2)  [Section 19C Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 69, Applied:03 Dec 2018] The suspension imposed by subsection (1) is in addition to any other penalty that the person may be liable to in respect of the offence that resulted in the person being given the road safety disqualification notice.

(3)  A period of suspension under this section takes effect –

(a) [Section 19C Subsection (3) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 69, Applied:03 Dec 2018] if the person is not subject to a current period of disqualification, licence suspension or ineligibility to hold a driver licence as a result of the accumulation of demerit points, as soon as the person is given the road safety disqualification notice; or

(b) if, at the time of being given the notice, the person is subject to a current period of disqualification, licence suspension or ineligibility to hold a driver licence as a result of the accumulation of demerit points, on the expiration of that period of disqualification, suspension or ineligibility.