New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) ACT 1998 - SECT 11

11 Mutual recognition

(1) The Authority must, in accordance with the regulations, recognise:

(a) driver licences issued by another jurisdiction, and

(b) licence conditions that apply to those licences, other than conditions that apply only in circumstances that are unique to that other jurisdiction or that are prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The regulations may provide for the effect of the recognition of driver licences and licence conditions by the Authority.

(3) If:

(a) a person:

(i) commits an offence in this State that is included in the national schedule of demerit points, or

(ii) pays the amount specified in a penalty notice for such an offence, and

(b) the person holds a driver licence issued by another driver licensing authority,

the Authority must, as soon as practicable, transmit all relevant information about the offence to the other driver licensing authority.

(4) If:

(a) a person:

(i) commits an offence in this State that is included in the national schedule of demerit points, or

(ii) pays the amount specified in a penalty notice for such an offence, and

(b) the person is not the holder of an Australian driver licence,

the Authority must transmit the relevant information about the offence to the driver licensing authority of the jurisdiction in which the person ordinarily resides.

(5) However, the Authority is not required to transmit any information until after:

(a) if the person appeals against a conviction for the offence and the appeal is dismissed or discontinued, the dismissal or discontinuance of the appeal, or

(b) if the person does not appeal, the last time at which the person could have appealed, or

(c) if the person does not pay the penalty specified in a penalty notice issued to the person in respect of the offence and the person does not elect to have the matter dealt with by a court, the time for the person to have the matter so dealt with has elapsed.

(6) If the Authority receives information about a person from another driver licensing authority under a provision of a law of the other jurisdiction that corresponds to this section, the Authority must take the action it would have taken if the offence had been committed in this State.