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TRAFFIC ACT - SECT 29AAN

Notice of immediate licence suspension and disqualification from driving

29AAN. Notice of immediate licence suspension and disqualification from driving

(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 must be in an approved form and:

(a) has the effect that the person's licence is suspended immediately the person is given the notice; and

(b) must inform the person that he or she is disqualified from driving until the charge is determined by a court; and

(c) must require the person to surrender to police any licence document the person holds; and

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

(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.



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