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Land Transport Act 1998

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

92: Compulsory attendance at driving improvement course or dangerous goods course

You could also call this:

“You might have to take a special driving class if you break road rules”

If you’re found guilty of a driving offence, the court can make you go to a driving improvement course. This is on top of any other punishment you might get. The Director has to approve the course.

If you’re found guilty of an offence involving dangerous goods, the court can make you go to a dangerous goods course. Again, this is in addition to any other punishment, and the Director must approve the course.

When the court orders you to attend a course, they tell the Director about it and why you’re going.

If you’re told to go to a course, you need to do three things:

  1. Pay for the course within 21 days
  2. Finish the course within 90 days
  3. Show the court proof that you’ve finished the course

Sometimes, things might happen that stop you from finishing the driving course on time. If this happens, the court can give you more time or cancel the order for you to do the course.

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

92Compulsory attendance at driving improvement course or dangerous goods course

  1. If a person is convicted of an offence concerning the driving of a motor vehicle, the court may, whether or not it imposes any other penalty for the offence, order that person to attend an appropriate driving improvement course approved by the Director.

  2. If a person is convicted of an offence against this Act involving dangerous goods, the court may, whether or not it imposes any other penalty for the offence, order the person to attend an appropriate dangerous goods course approved by the Director.

  3. On the making of an order under subsection (1) or subsection (2), the Registrar of the court must notify the Director of the particulars of the order and the conviction for which it is made.

  4. A person who has been ordered under subsection (1) or (2) to attend a course must,—

  5. within 21 days after being required to do so, pay to the person in charge of the course the fee usually charged for that course; and
    1. within 90 days after being required to do so, complete the course; and
      1. if the person has successfully completed the course, provide the court with evidence that verifies that the person has successfully completed the course.

        1. Despite subsection (4)(b), if a person is unable to complete an appropriate driving improvement course approved by the Director owing to factors beyond the person's control, the court may—

        2. grant an extension as the court considers appropriate in the circumstances; or
          1. suspend or cancel the order requiring the person to complete the course.

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            Notes
            • Section 92(1): amended, on , by section 87 of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
            • Section 92(2): amended, on , by section 87 of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
            • Section 92(3): amended, on , by section 87 of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
            • Section 92(4): replaced, on , by section 55 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
            • Section 92(5): inserted, on , by section 55 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
            • Section 92(5): amended, on , by section 87 of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).