New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 42

42 Determining demerit thresholds where combined licences are held

(cf DL Act, s 17D)

(1) If a person holds 2 classes of driver licence and a different threshold number of demerit points applies to each of those licences--

(a) demerit points incurred on the licence to which the higher threshold applies may be counted only towards the threshold applying to that licence, and

(b) demerit points incurred on the licence to which the lower threshold applies may be counted towards either threshold.

(2) If a person holds 2 classes of driver licence and the same threshold number of demerit points applies to both of those licences, demerit points incurred on either licence may be counted towards the threshold.

(3) If a person makes an election in accordance with section 36 and holds 2 classes of driver licence, demerit points incurred on either licence may be counted towards the threshold number of demerit points referred to in section 36(4).

(4) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the threshold number of demerit points applying to a licence is--

(a) for an unrestricted licence--the threshold of 13 or more demerit points (or in the case of a professional driver 14 or more demerit points) applying to the holder of an unrestricted licence under Division 2, and

(b) for a learner, provisional P1 or provisional P2 licence--the threshold number of demerit points applying to the holders of those licences as defined in section 4(1).