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Land Transport Act 1998

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

87: Particulars of certain court orders to be sent to Director and offender

You could also call this:

“Court must tell you and the Director about changes to your driving rights”

When a court makes certain orders about your ability to drive, the court must tell you and the Director about these orders. These orders include:

If you’re not allowed to have a driver licence, or if you’re allowed to apply for a special kind of licence called an alcohol interlock licence. This licence helps make sure you don’t drink and drive.

If you’re allowed to apply for a zero alcohol licence. This means you can’t have any alcohol in your system when you drive.

If the court reduces the time you’re not allowed to drive.

If you’re allowed to get a limited licence, which lets you drive in some situations even if you’re not supposed to.

The court will write down the details of these orders and send them to you and the Director. Even if the court forgets to tell you or the Director, the order still counts.

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

87Particulars of certain court orders to be sent to Director and offender

  1. This section applies to the following orders:

  2. an order disqualifying a person from holding or obtaining a driver licence:
    1. an order under section 65AC (authorising the person to apply for an alcohol interlock licence):
      1. an order authorising the person to apply for a zero alcohol licence under section 65AC(2)(d), 65AI(c), or 100B(2)(b):
        1. an order under section 99 (reducing a disqualification):
          1. an order under section 105 (authorising the issue of a limited licence).

            1. If a court makes an order to which this section applies, the Registrar of the court must notify the Director and the offender in writing of the particulars of the order.

            2. A failure to comply with the notification requirements in subsection (1) does not affect the validity of the order concerned.

            Notes
            • Section 87 heading: amended, on , by section 72(1) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
            • Section 87(1): replaced, on , by section 50(2) of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
            • Section 87(1)(b): amended, on , by section 30(1) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
            • Section 87(1)(c): replaced, on , by section 30(2) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).
            • Section 87(2): inserted, on , by section 50(2) of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
            • Section 87(2): amended, on , by section 72(2) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).