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Section 224 of the Road Transport Act (2013) NSW gives the police the power to immediately suspend you driver licence on the spot under certain circumstances.
In particular, they may issue this suspension if you:
In contrast, if you were caught speeding by a speed camera, the police cannot immediately suspend your licence as you will receive a letter from Transport NSW informing you of your licence suspension and the suspension period.
The police may issue you with an immediate licence suspension notice at any time within 48 hours of issuing you with a penalty notice or charging you for one of the above offences. Once you receive the immediate licence suspension notice, you are not allowed to drive from the moment you receive it.
Should you receive a notice for the immediate licence suspension, call Rezae & Co Lawyers immediately to receive advice on how to proceed next.
If you have a full unrestricted driver licence and you are caught exceeding the speed limit by over 45km/h, the police have the power to suspend your licence on the spot. The duration of your licence suspension for this particular offence is 6 months.
If you are on your learner of provisional (P1 or P2) driver licence and you are caught exceeding the speed limit by over 30km/h, the police have the power to suspend your licence on the spot. The duration of your licence suspension for this particular offence is 3 months.
If you are on your full unrestricted driver licence, you will not receive an ‘immediate’ licence suspension. However, you may still receive a licence suspension under certain circumstances. For example, while the police may not be able to issue you with an immediate licence suspension notice, Transport NSW still has the discretion to issue you with a license suspension for a period of 3 months if you have committed this particular offence, which you will be notified by way of a letter from Transport NSW. Furthermore, if the speeding offence resulted in you exceeding your demerit point limit, you will be issued with a letter from Transport NSW that your licence will be suspended from a certain date.
If you receive a licence suspension notice, contact Rezae & Co Lawyers immediately to receive advice on your next steps and how to proceed.
In NSW, the police have the power to immediately suspend your licence if you have been caught and charged with driving while having a certain prescribed concentration of alcohol.
The legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limits for low-range, mid-range and high-range drink driving are as follows:
Also, for learner or provisional licence holders:
For more information on the limits and minimum/maximum penalties for drink driving, please see our drink driving penalties table.
If you have been charged or issued a penalty notice for driving with a low-range prescribed concentration of alcohol, the police have the power to suspend your licence on the spot. The duration of your licence suspension for this particular offence is 3 months.
If you have been charged for driving with a middle-range prescribed concentration of alcohol, you will be issued a Court Attendance Notice (CAN) with a court date. The police will confiscate your licence on the spot and you will not be able to drive until your court date, where the duration of your licence disqualification period will be determined.
Under Section 206B of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), your licence suspension/disqualification period may also be backdated to commence from the date that the police confiscated your driver licence, should you receive a licence disqualification period.
If you have been charged with driving with middle-range prescribed concentration of alcohol, contact Rezae & Co Lawyers immediately for a free conference to receive professional advice on how to proceed and how to prepare for your court date to achieve the best possible outcome.
If you have been charged for driving with a high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol, you will be issued a Court Attendance Notice (CAN) with a court date. The police will confiscate your licence on the spot and you will not be able to drive until your court date, where the duration of your licence disqualification period will be determined.
Under Section 206B of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), your licence suspension/disqualification period may also be backdated to commence from the date that the police confiscated your driver licence, should you receive a licence disqualification period.
If you have been charged with driving with high-range prescribed concentration of alcohol, contact Rezae & Co Lawyers immediately for a free conference to receive professional advice on how to proceed and how to prepare for your court date to achieve the best possible outcome.
If you are on your learner driver licence and you are caught driving without the supervision of a full licenced supervisor, the police have the power to suspend your licence on the spot. The duration of your licence suspension for this particular offence is 3 months.
If you have been charged for driving with a serious driving offence which has resulted in grievous bodily harm or death, the police have the power to confiscate your licence on the spot and you will not be able to drive until your court date, where the duration of your licence disqualification period will be determined.
Under Section 206B of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), your licence suspension/disqualification period may also be backdated to commence from the date that the police confiscated your driver licence, should you receive a licence disqualification period.
If you have been charged with a serious driving offence which has resulted in grievous bodily harm or death, contact Rezae & Co Lawyers immediately for a free conference to receive professional advice on how to proceed and how to prepare for your court date to achieve the best possible outcome.
If you have been charged for street racing, doing an aggravated burnout or any other hooning offences, the police have the power to confiscate your licence on the spot and you will not be able to drive until your court date, where the duration of your licence disqualification period will be determined.
Under Section 206B of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), your licence suspension/disqualification period may also be backdated to commence from the date that the police confiscated your driver licence, should you receive a licence disqualification period.
If you have been charged with street racing, a serious driving offence, aggravated burnout or any other hooning offence, contact Rezae & Co Lawyers immediately for a free conference to receive professional advice on how to proceed and how to prepare for your court date to achieve the best possible outcome.
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