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Land Transport Act 1998

Disqualification, demerit points, licence suspension, and vehicle impoundment - Disqualification

82: Effect of disqualification

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“What happens to your driver licence when you're disqualified from driving”

If you are disqualified from having a driver licence, your licence is suspended for as long as the disqualification lasts. This means you can’t use your licence during this time.

If you have a special type of driver licence or a special permission added to your licence, and you are disqualified from having that specific type or permission, you can’t use that part of your licence while the disqualification is in effect. The rest of your licence might still be okay to use, but the disqualified part is not.

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Part 7 Disqualification, demerit points, licence suspension, and vehicle impoundment
Disqualification

82Effect of disqualification

  1. If a person is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence, the licence is suspended while the disqualification continues in force.

  2. If a person who holds a particular class of driver licence or a particular endorsement for a driver licence is disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence of that class or that endorsement, the authority conferred by that licence or endorsement is suspended while the disqualification continues in force.

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