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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Road Safety and Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2019
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
Part 1--Preliminary 1
1 Purposes 1
2 Commencement 2
Part 2--Amendment of the Road Safety Act 1986 3
3 Definitions 3
4 Section 50, amendment of cross-reference 3
5 Section 50AA, amendment of cross-reference 3
6 Section 51 repealed 3
7 New Part 6B inserted 4
8 Section 89C, amendment of cross-reference 20
9 New section 103ZN inserted 21
Part 3--Amendment of the Sentencing Act 1991 23
10 Amendment of the definition of serious motor vehicle offence 23
11 Suspension or cancellation of driver licence or learner permit
etc. for certain motor vehicle offences 24
12 Suspension or cancellation of driver licence or learner permit
and driver disqualification--any offence 24
Part 4--Repeal of this Act 25
13 Repeal of this Act 25
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Endnotes 26
1 General information 26
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Assembly
Road Safety and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2019
A Bill for an Act to amend the Road Safety Act 1986 to provide for
immediate licence or permit suspensions in certain cases and to make
consequential and related amendments to that Act and to make minor
amendments to the Sentencing Act 1991 and for other purposes.
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
Part 1--Preliminary
1 Purposes
The purposes of this Act are--
(a) to amend the Road Safety Act 1986 to
5 provide for immediate licence or permit
suspensions in certain cases and to make
consequential and related amendments to
that Act; and
(b) to make minor amendments to the
10 Sentencing Act 1991.
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Part 1--Preliminary
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into
operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.
(2) If a provision of this Act does not come into
5 operation before 12 November 2020, it comes into
operation on that day.
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Part 2--Amendment of the Road Safety Act 1986
Part 2--Amendment of the Road Safety
Act 1986
3 Definitions
In section 3(1) of the Road Safety Act 1986
5 insert the following definitions--
"infringement notice has the same meaning as in
the Infringements Act 2006;
traffic infringement notice means an
infringement notice in respect of a traffic
10 infringement;".
4 Section 50, amendment of cross-reference
In section 50(2) of the Road Safety Act 1986, for
"section 51" substitute "Division 1 of Part 6B".
5 Section 50AA, amendment of cross-reference
15 In Column 1 of the Table at the foot of
section 50AA of the Road Safety Act 1986, for
"and 51(1)" substitute "and 85".
6 Section 51 repealed
Section 51 of the Road Safety Act 1986 is
20 repealed.
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Part 2--Amendment of the Road Safety Act 1986
7 New Part 6B inserted
After Part 6A of the Road Safety Act 1986
insert--
"Part 6B--Immediate licence or
5 permit suspension
Division 1--Immediate licence or permit
suspension for certain drug or alcohol
related offences
85 Immediate licence or permit suspension
10 for charges for certain drug or alcohol
related offences
(1) If a person is charged with a relevant offence
by a police officer, any police officer, by
written notice, may suspend the driver
15 licence or learner permit of the person at any
time after the filing of the charge-sheet
charging the relevant offence until the charge
has been determined.
(2) If a person is charged with a relevant offence
20 by an employee of the Department, where
the person had been driving or in charge of a
commercial motor vehicle, an employee of
the Department, by written notice, may
suspend the driver licence or learner permit
25 of the person at any time after the filing of
the charge-sheet charging the relevant
offence until the charge has been determined.
(3) In this section--
relevant offence means--
30 (a) an offence under section 49(1)(b),
(bc), (f), (g) or (j) where it is
alleged that the concentration of
alcohol in the blood or breath of
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the person charged (as the case
requires) was--
(i) if the person held a full
driver licence--
5 (A) 0*10 grams or more per
100 millilitres of blood;
or
(B) 0*10 grams or more per
210 litres of exhaled
10 air; or
(ii) if the person held a learner
permit or probationary driver
licence--
(A) 0⋅07 grams or more per
15 100 millilitres of blood;
or
(B) 0⋅07 grams or more per
210 litres of exhaled
air; or
20 (b) an offence under paragraph (c),
(d) or (e) of section 49(1); or
(c) an offence that would be a
subsequent offence, within the
meaning of section 48(2), if the
25 person charged were convicted.
85A Immediate licence or permit suspension
for charges for other drug or alcohol
related offences
(1) Any police officer, by written notice, may
30 suspend the driver licence or learner permit
of a person who has been charged with a
relevant offence at any time after the filing
of the charge-sheet charging the relevant
offence until the charge has been determined.
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(2) In this section--
relevant offence means an offence under
section 49(1)(ba), (ca), (ea) or (eb).
85B Immediate licence or permit suspension
5 where certain certificates of breath or
blood alcohol concentration issued
(1) Any police officer, by written notice, may
suspend the driver licence or learner permit
of a person who has been issued with a
10 relevant breath or blood alcohol
concentration certificate, in relation to an
offence under section 49(1)(b), (bc), (f), (g)
or (j), at any time within a period of
12 months after the issue of the certificate.
15 (2) In this section--
relevant breath or blood alcohol
concentration certificate means a
certificate--
(a) issued to a person under
20 section 55(4) or 57; and
(b) that states that the concentration
of alcohol present in the breath or
blood of the person as indicated
by the analysis of the person's
25 breath or blood sample is--
(i) 0*10 grams or more per
210 litres of exhaled air or
100 millilitres of blood
(as the case requires), if the
30 person holds a full driver
licence; or
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(ii) 0⋅07 grams or more per
210 litres of exhaled air or
100 millilitres of blood
(as the case requires), if the
5 person holds a learner permit
or probationary driver
licence; or
(iii) the prescribed concentration
of alcohol or more than the
10 prescribed concentration of
alcohol, if the person has,
within 10 years before the
commission of the alleged
offence, been found guilty or
15 convicted of an offence
(other than a supervising
driver offence) referred to in
section 48(2)(a), (b), (c), (e)
or (f).
20 85C Period of suspension
(1) A suspension of a driver licence or learner
permit under section 85 or 85A remains in
force until--
(a) the charge is determined; or
25 (b) the charge is withdrawn; or
(c) the suspension is cancelled on appeal.
(2) A suspension of a driver licence or learner
permit under section 85B remains in force,
subject to section 85D, until the lesser of--
30 (a) 12 months after the notice of
suspension is given; or
(b) the period, after the notice is given, set
out in Column 2 of Schedule 1 or of
Schedule 1AB (as the case requires)
35 that corresponds to the breath or blood
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alcohol concentration in Column 1 of
that Schedule that is stated in the
certificate.
85D Effect of issue of traffic infringement
5 notice
(1) If--
(a) a person's driver licence or learner
permit is suspended under section 85B;
and
10 (b) less than 28 days before the end of the
period of suspension, a traffic
infringement notice is issued against
the person in respect of the alleged
offence--
15 the period of suspension under section
85C(2)(b) is not affected by the person
giving a notice of objection to the traffic
infringement notice before the end of the
period of suspension but, if the person does
20 not give a notice of objection before the end
of the period of suspension, the period of
suspension is extended until the end of the
28 day period for giving the notice of
objection.
25 (2) If--
(a) a person's driver licence or learner
permit is suspended in accordance with
a notice under section 85B; and
(b) 28 days or more before the end of the
30 period of suspension, a traffic
infringement notice is issued against
the person in respect of the alleged
offence--
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the period of suspension under section
85C(2)(b) is not affected by the person
giving a notice of objection to the traffic
infringement notice within the 28 day period
5 for doing so.
Note
If the person does not give a notice of objection
within the 28 day period for doing so the person's
driver licence or learner permit may be cancelled
10 under section 89C(1).
(3) If--
(a) subsection (1) or (2) applies to a
person; and
(b) the person does not give a notice of
15 objection to the traffic infringement
notice within the 28 day period for
doing so; and
(c) the person's driver licence or learner
permit is cancelled under
20 section 89C(1)--
any period of suspension under this section
ends when the driver licence or learner
permit is cancelled under section 89C(1) and
the period for which the person is
25 disqualified under that section from
obtaining a driver licence or learner permit is
reduced by the period of the suspension (as
extended, if applicable, by subsection (1)).
(4) If--
30 (a) a person's driver licence or learner
permit is suspended under section 85B;
and
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(b) after the period of suspension a traffic
infringement notice is issued against
the person in respect of the alleged
offence; and
5 (c) the person does not give a notice of
objection to the traffic infringement
notice within the 28 day period for
doing so; and
(d) the person's driver licence or learner
10 permit is cancelled under
section 89C(1)--
the period for which the person is
disqualified under section 89C(1) from
obtaining a driver licence or learner permit is
15 reduced by the period of the suspension.
85E Effect of charging a person whose licence
or permit is suspended under section 85B
If a person whose driver licence or learner
permit is suspended under section 85B is
20 charged with the alleged offence during the
period of suspension (as extended, if
applicable, by section 85D(1)), from the time
the charge-sheet is filed the suspension is
taken to be instead a suspension under
25 section 85.
Note
The period of suspension therefore continues until the
charge is determined by a court (see section 85C(1)).
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Part 2--Amendment of the Road Safety Act 1986
Division 2--Immediate licence or permit
suspension for certain speeding offences
85F Immediate licence or permit suspension
for certain speeding offences
5 (1) If a person is charged by a police officer with
a relevant speeding offence that has been
detected by a speed detector, any police
officer, by written notice, may suspend the
driver licence or learner permit of the person
10 at any time after the filing of the charge-
sheet charging the relevant speeding offence
until the charge has been determined.
(2) In this section--
relevant speeding offence means an
15 offence--
(a) against section 64 where a motor
vehicle was driven--
(i) at a speed of 45 kilometres
per hour or more over the
20 applicable speed limit; or
(ii) if the applicable speed limit
was 110 kilometres per hour,
at a speed of 145 kilometres
per hour or more; or
25 (b) against section 65B or rule 20 of
the Road Rules where a motor
vehicle was driven--
(i) at a speed of 45 kilometres
per hour or more over the
30 applicable speed limit; or
(ii) if the applicable speed limit
was 110 kilometres per hour,
at a speed of 145 kilometres
per hour or more.
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85G Immediate licence or permit suspension
where certain traffic infringement notices
issued
(1) A police officer who issues a person with a
5 relevant traffic infringement notice in respect
of an offence that was detected by a speed
detector may suspend the driver licence or
learner permit of the person by written notice
given to the person at the same time as the
10 relevant traffic infringement notice is issued.
(2) In this section--
relevant traffic infringement notice means a
traffic infringement notice issued to a
person in respect of an offence against
15 section 65B or rule 20 of the Road
Rules where the motor vehicle was
driven--
(a) at a speed of 45 kilometres per
hour or more over the applicable
20 speed limit; or
(b) if the applicable speed limit was
110 kilometres per hour, at a
speed of 145 kilometres per hour
or more.
25 85H Period of suspension
(1) A suspension of a driver licence or learner
permit under section 85F remains in force
until--
(a) the charge is determined; or
30 (b) the charge is withdrawn; or
(c) the suspension is cancelled on appeal.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), a suspension of a
driver licence or learner permit under
section 85G remains in force until whichever
of the following first occurs--
5 (a) a period of 12 months expires after the
notice of suspension is issued;
(b) the licence or permit is suspended
under section 89D.
(3) A suspension of a driver licence or learner
10 permit under section 85G for an
infringement referred to in paragraph (b) of
the definition of relevant traffic
infringement notice in section 85G(2),
where the speed in respect of which the
15 notice was issued was less than
155 kilometres per hour, remains in force
until whichever of the following first
occurs--
(a) a period of 6 months expires after the
20 notice of suspension is issued;
(b) the licence or permit is suspended
under section 89D.
(4) If the driver licence or learner permit of a
person is suspended for a traffic
25 infringement under section 85G and the
licence or permit is subsequently suspended
for the traffic infringement by the operation
of section 89D, the period of suspension
under this Division must be taken into
30 account in determining the period of
suspension under section 89D.
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Part 2--Amendment of the Road Safety Act 1986
Division 3--Immediate licence or permit
suspension for certain offences resulting
in injury or death
85I Immediate licence or permit suspension
5 for certain offences resulting in injury or
death
(1) If a person is charged by a police officer with
a relevant offence, a senior police officer, by
written notice, may suspend the driver
10 licence or learner permit of the person
charged with the relevant offence at any time
on or after the charge-sheet is given to the
person until the charge has been determined.
(2) The senior police officer must not, under
15 subsection (1), suspend the driver licence or
learner permit of the person unless the senior
police officer is reasonably satisfied that--
(a) the person used a motor vehicle in the
commission of the relevant offence
20 resulting in injury or death; and
(b) the person is an unacceptable risk to
road safety until the charge is
determined.
(3) If the person is charged with more than one
25 relevant offence at the same time, a
suspension under subsection (1) applies to
each charge for a relevant offence.
(4) In this section--
relevant offence means--
30 (a) an offence of murder or attempted
murder; or
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(b) an offence against section 15A,
15B, 16, 17 or 18 of the Crimes
Act 1958;
senior police officer means a police officer
5 who is of or above the rank of sergeant,
as referred to in section 13(j) of the
Victoria Police Act 2013.
85J Period of suspension
(1) A suspension of a driver licence or learner
10 permit under section 85I remains in force
until--
(a) the charge is determined; or
(b) the charge is withdrawn; or
(c) the suspension is cancelled on appeal.
15 (2) The period determined under subsection (1)
applies irrespective of whether or not the
person charged is in custody.
Division 4--General provisions
85K When does suspension commence?
20 A suspension of a driver licence or learner
permit under this Part commences when the
person who suspends the driver licence or
learner permit gives the notice of the
suspension to the holder of the licence or
25 permit.
85L Content and copies of notice
(1) A notice of suspension under this Part
must--
(a) specify the period of suspension or the
30 circumstances that will end the
suspension, as determined under the
relevant Division of this Part; and
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(b) set out the requirement under
section 85N as to surrender of the
licence or permit by the person whose
licence is suspended; and
5 (c) contain the prescribed particulars.
(2) A person who gives a notice of suspension
under this Part must cause a copy of that
notice to be sent immediately to the
Secretary.
10 85M When is a person charged with an
offence?
For the purposes of this Part a person is
charged with an offence when a copy of the
charge-sheet that is signed by the police
15 officer or the employee of the Department is
given to the person.
85N Surrender of licence or permit document
(1) On receiving notice of suspension under this
Part, the person who receives it must
20 immediately surrender the driver licence
document or learner permit to the person
who gives the notice of suspension.
(2) A person who refuses or fails to surrender a
document as required by subsection (1) is
25 guilty of an offence, unless the person--
(a) is being held in custody; or
(b) has another just cause or excuse.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
85O Effect of suspension under this Part
30 (1) A driver licence or learner permit suspended
under this Part is, during the suspension, of
no effect and a person whose driver licence
or learner permit is so suspended is, during
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the suspension, disqualified from obtaining a
further driver licence or learner permit.
(2) A person must not apply for or obtain a
driver licence or learner permit while the
5 person is disqualified from obtaining a
driver licence or learner permit under
subsection (1).
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3) A driver licence or learner permit obtained
10 while a person is disqualified from obtaining
a driver licence or learner permit under
subsection (1) is of no effect.
85P Effect of later cancellation or suspension
of licence or permit
15 If on the hearing of the charge against a
person whose driver licence or learner permit
has been suspended under this Part because
of the charge--
(a) the driver licence or learner permit is
20 cancelled and the person is disqualified
from obtaining one for a specified time,
the court must take into account, in
fixing the period of disqualification, the
period of suspension under this Part; or
25 (b) the driver licence or learner permit is
suspended, the court must take into
account, in fixing the period of that
suspension, the period of suspension
under this Part.
30 85Q Cancellation of suspension
(1) The Chief Commissioner of Police may
cancel the suspension of a driver licence or
learner permit under this Part by giving
written notice of cancellation to the person to
35 whom the notice of suspension was given.
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(2) Immediately on giving written notice of
cancellation under subsection (1), the Chief
Commissioner of Police must give a copy of
the notice of cancellation to the Secretary.
5 85R Supervising driver offences
This Part does not apply to a person who is
convicted or found guilty of a supervising
driver offence.
85S Appeal to the Magistrates' Court
10 (1) A person whose driver licence or learner
permit is suspended under this Part may
appeal against the decision to suspend the
driver licence or learner permit to the
Magistrates' Court.
15 (2) Before a person commences an appeal to the
Magistrates' Court under subsection (1), the
person must give at least 14 days' written
notice of the commencement of the appeal
to--
20 (a) the Chief Commissioner of Police; and
(b) a registrar of the Magistrates' Court.
(3) In a notice under subsection (2), the person
must set out--
(a) for an appeal against a decision to
25 suspend a licence under Division 1 or 2,
the alleged exceptional circumstances;
and
(b) for an appeal against a decision to
suspend a licence under Division 3, the
30 reasons why the person is not an
unacceptable risk to road safety.
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85T Orders Magistrates' Court may make in
the proceeding
(1) On an appeal under section 85S against a
decision to suspend a licence under
5 Division 1 or 2, the Magistrates' Court may
make an order--
(a) confirming the suspension; or
(b) cancelling the suspension.
(2) The Court must not make an order under
10 subsection (1) cancelling the suspension
unless the Court is satisfied that exceptional
circumstances exist which justify the making
of such an order.
(3) On an appeal under section 85S against a
15 decision to suspend a licence under
Division 3, the Magistrates' Court may make
an order--
(a) confirming the suspension; or
(b) cancelling the suspension.
20 (4) The Court must not make an order under
subsection (3) cancelling the suspension
unless the Court is satisfied that the person
charged is not an unacceptable risk to road
safety.
25 (5) The Secretary must give effect to any order
of the Court under this section.
85U Cross-examination as to offence with
which person is charged
On an appeal under section 85S against a
30 decision to suspend a licence under
Division 3--
(a) the person whose licence is suspended
must not be examined or
cross-examined by the magistrate or
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any other person as to the offence with
which the person is charged; and
(b) no inquiry may be made of the person
as to that offence.
5 85V Prohibition on use of information or
documents in subsequent proceedings
Any information given or document
produced on an appeal under section 85S
against a decision to suspend a driver licence
10 or learner permit under section 85I is not
admissible in evidence in the proceeding for
the hearing of the charge in respect of which
the licence or permit was suspended.
85W Orders courts may make during other
15 processes
If a person whose driver licence or learner
permit is suspended under this Part is before
a court for any reason in relation to the
alleged offence for which the licence or
20 permit was suspended, the court may make
an order cancelling the suspension if the
court is satisfied that--
(a) in relation to a suspension under
Division 1 or 2, exceptional
25 circumstances exist which justify
making the order; or
(b) in relation to a suspension under
Division 3, the person charged is not an
unacceptable risk to road safety.".
30 8 Section 89C, amendment of cross-reference
In the note at the foot of section 89C(1) of the
Road Safety Act 1986--
(a) for "section 51(1B)" substitute
"section 85B";
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(b) for "section 51(3C)" substitute
"section 85D(3)".
9 New section 103ZN inserted
Before section 104 of the Road Safety Act 1986
5 insert--
"103ZN Transitional provision--Road Safety and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019
(1) In this section--
commencement day means the day on which
10 section 6 of the Road Safety and
Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2019 commences;
section 51(1) suspension means a
suspension, that was in force
15 immediately before the commencement
day, of a driver licence or learner
permit by a notice under section 51(1)
(as in force before the commencement
day);
20 section 51(1A) suspension means a
suspension, that was in force
immediately before the commencement
day, of a driver licence or learner
permit by a notice under section 51(1A)
25 (as in force before the commencement
day);
section 51(1B) suspension means a
suspension, that was in force
immediately before the commencement
30 day, of a driver licence or learner
permit by a notice under section 51(1B)
(as in force before the commencement
day);
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section 51(10) appeal means an appeal, that
was on foot immediately before the
commencement day, to the Magistrates'
Court under section 51(10) (as in force
5 before the commencement day).
(2) On and from the commencement day--
(a) a section 51(1) suspension is taken to
be a suspension under section 85;
(b) a section 51(1A) suspension is taken to
10 be a suspension under section 85A;
(c) a section 51(1B) suspension is taken to
be a suspension under section 85B.
(3) On and from the commencement day, a
section 51(10) appeal is taken to be an
15 appeal under section 85S.".
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Part 3--Amendment of the Sentencing Act 1991
Part 3--Amendment of the Sentencing
Act 1991
10 Amendment of the definition of serious motor vehicle
offence
5 In section 87P of the Sentencing Act 1991, in the
definition of serious motor vehicle offence--
(a) in paragraph (d), for "vessel)." substitute
"vessel); or";
(b) after paragraph (d) insert--
10 "(e) murder or attempted murder arising out
of the driving of a motor vehicle; or
(f) any of the following offences, if arising
out of the driving of a motor vehicle
while under the influence of alcohol or
15 alcohol and a drug--
(i) an offence under section 15A or
15B of the Crimes Act 1958;
(ii) an offence under section 16, 17 or
18 of the Crimes Act 1958;
20 (iii) an offence under section 22 or 23
of the Crimes Act 1958;
(iv) an offence under section 63A of
the Crimes Act 1958;
(v) the common law offence of
25 kidnapping;
(vi) an offence under section 79 of the
Crimes Act 1958;
(vii) an offence under section 79A of
the Crimes Act 1958.".
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11 Suspension or cancellation of driver licence or
learner permit etc. for certain motor vehicle
offences
(1) For section 89(2)(b) of the Sentencing Act 1991
5 substitute--
"(b) for an offence to which paragraph (a), (b),
(ba), (c), (e) or (f)(vii) of the definition of
serious motor vehicle offence in section 87P
applies, less than 24 months; or
10 (c) for an offence to which paragraph (f)(i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the definition of
serious motor vehicle offence in section 87P
applies, less than 12 months.".
(2) At the end of the notes at the foot of section 89 of
15 the Sentencing Act 1991 insert--
"3 See section 85P of the Road Safety Act 1986 for the
requirement to take into account any period of
suspension under Part 6B of that Act when fixing a
period of disqualification or suspension.".
20 12 Suspension or cancellation of driver licence or
learner permit and driver disqualification--any
offence
At the end of the notes at the foot of section 89A
of the Sentencing Act 1991 insert--
25 "3 See section 85P of the Road Safety Act 1986 for the
requirement to take into account any period of
suspension under Part 6B of that Act when fixing a
period of disqualification or suspension.".
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Part 4--Repeal of this Act
Part 4--Repeal of this Act
13 Repeal of this Act
This Act is repealed on 12 November 2021.
Note
5 The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of
the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
Endnotes
1 General information
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