24Licence to be suspended when demerit points reach prescribed limit

24 Licence to be suspended when demerit points reach prescribed limit

(1)  A driver licence is liable to suspension because of the accumulation of demerit points against the holder of the licence as follows:

(a) a learner or provisional licence is liable to suspension if –

(i) the holder of the licence has never held a full licence; and

(ii) the demerit points recorded against the holder for traffic offences committed during a period of 12 months or less amount, in aggregate, to 4 or more;

(b) [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 104 of 2001, s. 21, Applied:05 Dec 2001] a driver licence (whatever its type) is liable to suspension if the demerit points recorded against the holder for traffic offences committed during a period of 3 years or less amount, in aggregate, to 12 or more;

(c) [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 104 of 2001, s. 21, Applied:05 Dec 2001] a full licence is liable to suspension if the demerit points recorded against the holder for traffic offences committed during a period of 12 months or less as the holder of a previous provisional licence amount, in aggregate, to 4 or more.

(2)  If a driver licence becomes liable to suspension under subsection (1) , the Registrar must serve a notice of licence suspension on the holder of the licence stating the period of licence suspension and when the period is to commence.

(2A)  [Section 24 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 68 of 2007, s. 17, Applied:19 Dec 2007] The Registrar, by notice in writing served on the holder of the licence, may withdraw a notice of licence suspension at any time before the suspension takes effect.

(3)  The period of suspension is –

(a) [Section 24 Subsection (3) amended by No. 104 of 2001, s. 21, Applied:05 Dec 2001] for the holder of a learner or provisional licence or the holder of a full licence whose liability to suspension arises under – 3 months (unless the person would have been liable to a longer period of licence suspension if was applicable, in which case the longer period applies); or