23Suspension of licence

23 Suspension of licence

(1)  For the purposes of section 106(2) and section 136I(1)(e) of the Act –

(a) the prescribed number of demerit points is 12; and

(b) subject to section 136I(4) of the Act, a suspension of a licence is for a period of 3 months commencing on the date of conviction for the last of the relevant offences or the date of acceptance of the relevant infringement notice.

(2)  The period of suspension is not affected –

(a) by the fact that any of the demerit points would expire during that period of suspension; or

(b) by the date on which a licence is suspended being altered under section 259(4) of the Act.

(3)  The period of suspension cancels all demerit points on which it is based but does not affect any demerit points allocated for an offence committed during that period.