New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 223A

223A Suspension of foreign driver

(1) The Commissioner of Police may suspend the authority of the holder of a foreign driver licence to drive in this jurisdiction if the total number of demerit points specified under section 32 for all relevant offences during the relevant 3-year period is 13 or more.

(2) The suspension must not exceed 14 days.

(3) The Commissioner of Police must immediately--

(a) notify Transport for NSW that the Commissioner has suspended the authority and the grounds for the suspension, and

(b) report to Transport for NSW whether in the Commissioner's opinion a further suspension or the cancellation of the authority is warranted or is desirable in the interest of public safety.

(4) In this section--

"relevant 3-year period" means the 3-year period immediately before the suspension under this section would commence.

"relevant offence" means an offence against an Act or statutory rule--

(a) for which a penalty notice has been issued to the holder of a foreign driver licence, and

(b) for which demerit points may, but have not yet been, incurred.