COMMERCIAL PASSENGER VEHICLE INDUSTRY ACT 2017 - SECT 221 Mandatory immediate suspension of driver accreditation

COMMERCIAL PASSENGER VEHICLE INDUSTRY ACT 2017 - SECT 221

    (1)     This section applies if an accredited driver is subject to a charge for a category 1 offence that has not been finally disposed of.

    (2)     The regulator must serve on the accredited driver a notice (an immediate suspension notice ) suspending the driver accreditation.

    (3)     An immediate suspension notice served in relation to a driver accreditation ends—

        (a)     if the accreditation is cancelled under section 219(1)(a), on the day of that cancellation; or

        (b)     if the person served the immediate suspension notice is found not guilty of the offence, on the day of that finding; or

        (c)     if the charge is dismissed by a court or is withdrawn, on the day of that dismissal or withdrawal; or

        (d)     if the proceeding for the hearing of the charge is discontinued by the prosecution, on the day of that discontinuance; or

        (e)     if the person served the immediate suspension notice is discharged by a court following a committal proceeding, on the day of that discharge.

S. 222 inserted by No. 63/2017 s. 18.