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POLICE OFFENCES ACT 1935 - SECT 37F Disqualification from driving

POLICE OFFENCES ACT 1935 - SECT 37F

Disqualification from driving

(1)  Subject to subsection (4) , where a person (not being a juvenile) is convicted of an offence under section 37B or section 37C , the court by which he is convicted may, in addition to any other penalty it imposes on him, order him to be disqualified from driving for such period as the court may determine.
(2)  Subject to subsection (3) , where a juvenile is convicted of an offence under section 37B or section 37C , the court by which he is convicted shall, in addition to any other penalty it imposes on him, order him to be disqualified from driving for such period as the court may determine.
(3)  The period determined by a court under subsection (2) must be a period that begins after the juvenile attains the age at which he or she would, but for the disqualification, become eligible to hold a driver licence under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 .
(4)  Where a person (whether a juvenile or not) is convicted of an offence under section 37B or section 37C and a compensation order is made against the person under section 98 of the Youth Justice Act 1997 or section 68 of the Sentencing Act 1997 , the court by which he is convicted shall disqualify that person from driving until that person has paid in full the sum specified in that order.
(5)  When a court imposes a disqualification from driving under this section, it must suspend or cancel any Australian driver licence held by the person against whom the disqualification is imposed as required by section 17 of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 .
(6)  A court may, on the application of a person who is disqualified from driving under subsection (2) for a period beginning before he or she has obtained a driver's licence, revoke the disqualification.
(7)  The court may, under subsection (6) , only revoke a disqualification if it is of the opinion that there is sufficient evidence of the rehabilitation of the applicant.
(8)  Without limiting subsection (7) , a court may consider that there is sufficient evidence of the rehabilitation of the applicant if the applicant has not committed an offence during the period of the disqualification.