Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 91VA

91VA Automatic extension of prescribed period

(1) A person’s prescribed period is extended by the automatic period of extension if any of the following events (each a
"relevant event" ) happens during the last 4 months of the person’s prescribed period—

(a) the person provides a prescribed interlock with a specimen of the person’s breath containing alcohol;

(b) the person incurs a permanent lockout on a prescribed interlock for failure to meet an approved servicing requirement for the interlock.

(2) The
"automatic period of extension" is the number of days between and including the previous end date and the new end date.

(3) The automatic extension of the person’s prescribed period—

(a) is imposed when the relevant interlock data is received by the chief executive, and is calculated from the date of the relevant event; and

(b) replaces the previous end date with the new end date.

(4) The automatic extension is taken for section 65A to be a decision by the chief executive to extend the person’s prescribed period by the automatic period of extension because of a relevant event.

(5) The person must be notified of the automatic extension in the way prescribed by regulation.

(6) In this section a reference to a prescribed interlock, in relation to a person, is a reference to a prescribed interlock fitted to a nominated vehicle for the person.

(7) In this section—

"new end date" , for a person, means the day that is 4 months after the date on which the relevant event happened.

"previous end date" , for a person, means the date on which the person’s prescribed period would have ended under section 91N were it not for the automatic extension.

"relevant interlock data" , for a person, means the data from the person’s prescribed interlock that shows a relevant event happened.