Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to the following offences:
(a) an offence against the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 , section 5A (1) or (5) (which are about races, attempts on speed records, speed trials etc);
(b) an offence against the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 , section 5B (2) or (4) (which are about burnouts and other prohibited conduct);
(c) an offence against the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 , section 6 (1) (which is about negligent driving) that occasions death or grievous bodily harm (within the meaning of that section);
(d) an offence against the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 , section 7 (1) (which is about furious, reckless or dangerous driving);
(e) an offence against the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 , section 8 (1) or (2) (which are about menacing driving).
(2) If a court convicts a person of an offence to which this section applies, the person is automatically disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence—
(a) for a first offender—for 3 months or, if the court orders a longer period, the longer period; or
(b) for a repeat offender—for 12 months or, if the court orders a longer period, the longer period.
(3) If the person is already disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence, or the person's driver licence is suspended, the disqualification under this section takes effect at the end of the existing disqualification or suspension.
(4) A disqualification under this section is in addition to any penalty imposed for the offence.
(5) For this section—
(a) a person who is convicted of an offence to which this section applies (the current offence ) is a repeat offender in relation to the current offence if the person has been convicted, or found guilty, of an offence to which this section applies, or an offence of culpable driving, within 5 years before being convicted of the current offence; and
(b) a person who is convicted of an offence to which this section applies is a first offender in relation to the offence if the person is not a repeat offender in relation to the offence.