TRAFFIC ACT 1987 - SECT 29AAN Notice of immediate licence suspension and disqualification from driving

TRAFFIC ACT 1987 - SECT 29AAN

    (1)     If a person is charged with an immediate suspension offence, a police officer may give the person a notice under this section.

    (2)     For subsection (1), a person is charged with the offence when given a copy of the charge, signed by a police officer.

    (3)     The notice has the following effect:

        (a)     the person's licence is suspended immediately on the person receiving the notice;

        (b)     the person is immediately disqualified from driving.

    (3A)     The notice must:

        (a)     be in a form approved by the Commissioner; and

        (b)     inform the person of the suspension and disqualification; and

        (c)     include a statement of the person's right to appeal to the Local Court against the suspension and disqualification.

    (3B)     On receiving the notice, the person must surrender to a police officer any licence document the person holds.

    (3C)     The suspension and disqualification continue until the earlier of the following:

        (a)     any day the notice is revoked;

        (b)     any day the charge of the immediate suspension offence is withdrawn;

        (c)     any day a court:

            (i)     finds the person not guilty of the offence; or

            (ii)     discharges the person without conviction for the offence; or

            (iii)     sentences the person for the offence.

    (4)     A police officer who gives a person a notice under this section must provide details of the notice, and the person to whom it was given, to the Registrar without delay.