CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988 - SECT 30DZ Second - time demerit suspension notice
CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988 - SECT 30DZ
Second - time demerit suspension notice(1) CASA must give the holder of a civil aviation authorisation a demerit suspension notice under this section if:
(a) the holder incurs demerit points for a prescribed offence; and
(b) taken together with demerit points incurred by the holder for offences committed by the holder in the 3 years ending on the day the offence was committed, the holder has incurred at least 6 demerit points in relation to the same class of authorisations; and
(c) the holder has, once previously, been given a demerit suspension notice in relation to that class of authorisations.
(1A) If a person incurs demerit points before becoming a holder of a civil aviation authorisation, then, for the purpose of paragraph ( 1)(b), those points are taken to have been incurred by the holder for offences committed by the holder.
(2) The effect of giving the notice is that:
(a) from the start date specified in the notice, all of the holder's civil aviation authorisations of that class are suspended for the suspension period; and
(b) the holder is not entitled to be granted a civil aviation authorisation of that class, from the date of the notice until the end of the last day on which a civil aviation authorisation of that class is suspended as a result of the notice.
(3) The suspension period for an authorisation is:
(a) if the total of the demerit points counted under paragraphs ( 1)(a) and (b) is 6, 7, 8 or 9--90 days; or
(b) if the total of the demerit points counted under paragraphs ( 1)(a) and (b) is 10, 11, 12 or 13--120 days; or
Note: The suspension period for a particular authorisation may be
affected by section 30EB.