16Demerit points

16 Demerit points

(1)  Demerit points recorded against a person under the former demerit points provisions continue, subject to this section and the new Act, as demerit points for the purposes of the new Act.

(2)  Demerit points may be recorded under the new Act in respect of offences committed before the commencement day.

(3)  The former demerit points provisions continue in operation in relation to the following:

(a) a person subject to a probationary period or a period of licence disqualification that had commenced under those provisions but had not been completed before the commencement day;

(b) a person who would, assuming those provisions had not been repealed, have become liable to licence disqualification as a result of the accumulation of demerit points in respect of offences committed before the commencement day –

and those provisions continue to apply until the end of any relevant probationary period or period of licence disqualification.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (3) , a relevant probationary period or period of licence disqualification is –

(a) a probationary period or period of licence disqualification that commenced under the former demerit points provisions before the commencement day; or

(b) a probationary period or period of licence disqualification that commenced under the former demerit points provisions after the commencement day because of the accumulation of demerit points relating to offences committed before the commencement day; or

(c) a period of licence disqualification (for 6 months) that commenced under the former demerit points provisions after the commencement day because of the accumulation of demerit points (relating to offences committed before, on or after the commencement day) during a probationary period.

(5)  In this section –

former demerit points provisions means the former Traffic Act provisions relevant to the demerit points scheme established under those provisions;

licence disqualification means a disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver's licence under the former demerit points provisions.