ROAD TRAFFIC (AUTHORISATION TO DRIVE) ACT 2008 - SECT 27

ROAD TRAFFIC (AUTHORISATION TO DRIVE) ACT 2008 - SECT 27

27 .         Application for extraordinary licence

        (1)         A person who is disqualified under this or any other written law from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence may apply to a court for an order directing the CEO to grant to the person an extraordinary licence.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), being prevented under —

            (a)         section 8; or

            (b)         regulations made for the purposes of section 14,

                from being granted a driver’s licence does not amount to being disqualified under this or any other written law from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence.

        (3)         An extraordinary licence cannot authorise a person to drive at any time while the person is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence —

            (a)         under Part 4; or

            (ba)         under the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 71D(1); or

            (b)         because of a licence suspension order under the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 ,

                and an application cannot be made, received or heard while the person is disqualified as described in paragraph (a), (ba) or (b).

        (4)         In the case of a licence suspension order, subsection (3) has effect whether or not the disqualification under the order is concurrent with any other disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence.

        [Section 27 amended: No. 51 of 2010 s. 21.]