New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) ACT 1998 - SECT 16AA

16AA Consequences in relation to licence applications

(1) Demerit points recorded against a person must be taken into account if the person subsequently obtains or applies for a driver licence within 3 years of the date of the offence for which the demerit points are incurred.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), if a person applies for a driver licence (including for the renewal of a licence) having incurred 12 or more demerit points within a 3 year period ending on the day on which the applicant last committed an offence for which demerit points have been recorded against the applicant:

(a) the Authority may refuse the person’s application and take action under section 16A, or

(b) the Authority may grant the licence and take action under section 16.