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Traffic Serial Amendment (Suspension of Licence) Bill 2006
Ms Carney
A BILL
for
AN ACT
to amend the Traffic Act for the suspension of a licence in certain circumstances,
and for other purposes
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TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (SUSPENSION OF LICENCE) ACT 2006
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Act No. [ ] of 2006
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
PART 1 PRELIMINARY MATTERS
1. Short title
PART 2 AMENDMENT OF TRAFFIC ACT
2. Act amended
3. New section 52A
52A. Suspension of licence as additional penalty for repeated offenders
PART 3 AMENDMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
4. Regulations amended
5. Amendment of regulation 5 (Child must be restrained)
6. Amendment of regulation 6 (Seat belts)
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Act No. [ ] of 2006
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AN ACT
to amend the Traffic Act for the suspension of a licence in certain circumstances,
and for other purposes
[Assented to [ ] 2006]
[Second reading [ ] 2006]
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:
PART 1 PRELIMINARY MATTERS
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Traffic Amendment (Suspension of Licence)
Act 2006.
PART 2 AMENDMENT OF TRAFFIC ACT
2. Act amended
This Part amends the Traffic Act.
3. New section 52A
After section 52
insert
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52A. Suspension of licence as additional penalty for repeated offenders
(1) This section applies to a person (the "offender") if:
(a) the offender is found guilty of any of the following offences (the
"last offence"):
(i) an offence against regulation 5 or 6 of the Traffic
Regulations;
(ii) an offence against law a of the Territory that is one of a kind
specified in Schedule 1, column 1, item 3 to the Traffic
Regulations; and
(b) the offender has been found guilty of at least 2 other offences that
are covered by subparagraph (a)(i) or (ii) during the preceding
12 months.
Notes for subsection (1)
1. Regulations 5 and 6 provide for the prohibitions in relation to driving or travelling
without being restrained by a seat belt.
2. The offence specified in the item mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii) relates to a failure to
obey traffic lights.
(2) The court sentencing the offender for the last offence must make an
order specifying that the offender is disqualified from driving a motor vehicle for
3 months from the date of the order.
(3) The court must make the order:
(a) in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed on the
offender for the last offence; and
(b) whether or not any other penalty is imposed on the offender for the
last offence.
(4) On the making of the order:
(a) a clerk of the court must notify the Registrar of the making of the
order; and
(b) the offender is disqualified from driving a motor vehicle for
3 months from the date of the order; and
(c) an...