(1)  The Director is to give the Registrar written notice of the Director's direction in respect of an enforcement debtor’s driver licence.

(2)  Subject to section 55(2) and (3) , on receipt of a notification under subsection (1) , the Registrar must –

(a) suspend the relevant driver licence; and

(b) whether or not the enforcement debtor holds a driver licence, record the direction in the driver licence register kept under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999  –

until notified by the Director that the suspension has been revoked.

(2A)  On suspending the driver licence of an enforcement debtor under subsection (2) , the Registrar must give to the enforcement debtor written notice of –

(a) that suspension; and

(b) the day on which the suspension takes effect.

(3)  The suspension of a driver licence under this section does not affect the powers that a court or the Registrar may exercise under another Act to suspend or cancel the licence.

(4)  If a driver licence is suspended under this section, the licence may not be renewed or replaced, or a duplicate of the licence issued, while the suspension is in place.

(5)  An enforcement debtor is ineligible to be issued with a driver licence while a direction of the Director in respect of the enforcement debtor's driver licence is recorded, in accordance with subsection (2) , in the driver licence register kept under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 .