New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 39

39 Consequences generally

(cf DL Act, s 17A)
If the holder of a learner licence or a provisional licence incurs the threshold number of demerit points within the 3-year period ending on the day on which the person last committed an offence for which demerit points have been recorded against the person, Transport for NSW may--

(a) issue a notice of suspension or cancellation of licence under section 40, or

(b) if the person subsequently applies for a driver licence--

(i) refuse the application and issue a notice of licence ineligibility under section 41, or

(ii) where the driver licence applied for is a learner or provisional licence--grant the licence and issue a notice of suspension or cancellation of licence under section 40.

Note--: The expression
"threshold number of demerit points" for the holder of a learner licence or the holder of a provisional licence is defined in section 4(1).