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Land Transport Act 1998

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

91H: Termination of driver licence stop order if traffic fine paid or resolved

You could also call this:

“Driver licence stop order ends when you pay or resolve your traffic fine”

When you pay your traffic fine in full or it’s forgiven, the Ministry of Justice will end the driver licence stop order. They will also end it if your fine is resolved in another way. The Ministry will tell you and the Director that the order has ended.

The order officially ends when it’s shown on the national register. If you had to give up your driver licence, and you’re allowed to have one, the Director will make you a new one. They’ll send it to you by regular mail to the address they have for you.

The Ministry of Justice will pay the Director for making your new licence. This happens when the order ends and you get your new licence.

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

91HTermination of driver licence stop order if traffic fine paid or resolved

  1. The chief executive of the Ministry of Justice must terminate a driver licence stop order if the defendant's obligation to pay the traffic fine is discharged by payment in full or remission in full or if the defendant's obligation is resolved.

  2. The chief executive of the Ministry of Justice must give notice of the termination to the defendant and to the Director.

  3. The termination takes effect when it is shown on the national register maintained under section 199.

  4. When the Director receives notice of the termination, the Director must, if the defendant's driver licence was surrendered and forwarded to the Director and the defendant is otherwise eligible to hold a current driver licence, replace the photographic driver licence and send it by ordinary post to the defendant's address recorded on the national register maintained under section 199.

  5. The chief executive of the Ministry of Justice must pay the Director the prescribed fee for replacing the photographic driver licence in accordance with subsection (4).

Notes
  • Section 91H: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 31).
  • Section 91H(2): amended, on , by section 86(1) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
  • Section 91H(4): amended, on , by section 86(2) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).
  • Section 91H(5): amended, on , by section 86(3) of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).