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Land Transport Act 1998

Disqualification, demerit points, licence suspension, and vehicle impoundment - Driver licence stop orders

91C: Liability to driver licence stop order

You could also call this:

“What happens if you don't pay your traffic fine on time”

If you have to pay a traffic fine, you might get a driver licence stop order. This can happen if you don’t follow the rules about paying your fine on time. It also applies if you haven’t paid the full amount of the fine or if the fine hasn’t been cancelled. The driver licence stop order is a way to make sure you pay your traffic fine.

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Part 7 Disqualification, demerit points, licence suspension, and vehicle impoundment
Driver licence stop orders

91CLiability to driver licence stop order

  1. A defendant who is obliged to pay a traffic fine is liable to the imposition of a driver licence stop order if—

  2. the defendant has breached the provisions of an enactment or the terms of a sentence, an order, or a direction by failing to pay the traffic fine within the time provided or fixed by the enactment, sentence, order, or direction; and
    1. the defendant's obligation to pay the fine is neither discharged, by payment in full or remission in full, nor resolved.

      Notes
      • Section 91C: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 31).