Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 129A

129A Effect of suspension of licence under other Acts

(1) This section applies if a person’s driver licence is suspended under—

(a) the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , section 105 ; or

(b) the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 , section 91ZJ .

(2) The suspension of the driver licence—

(a) has, while the licence is suspended, the same effect as if the licence were cancelled under this Act; and

(b) if the period of the suspension ends before the licence would ordinarily expire, does not extend the period during which the licence would, apart from the suspension, have remained in force.

(3) If under this Act, a person must hold a driver licence for a stated period—

(a) the stated period is extended by the length of the period for which the licence is suspended under a provision mentioned in subsection (1) ; and

(b) the period of the suspension does not break the continuous period for which the person must hold the licence.

(4) If the period of the licence expires before the period of the suspension ends, the person must not apply for or obtain a Queensland driver licence until the period of the suspension ends.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 18 months imprisonment.

(5) The suspension of the driver licence also suspends any other driver licence authorising the person in question to drive a vehicle.

(6) A person must not apply for or obtain a Queensland driver licence while the person’s licence is suspended under a provision mentioned in subsection (1) or a corresponding law of another State.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 18 months imprisonment.

(7) A person who is disqualified from applying for or obtaining a driver licence under either of the following provisions must not apply for or obtain a driver licence while the person is disqualified under that provision—

(a) the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , section 106 (4) ;

(b) the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 , section 91ZJ .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 18 months imprisonment.