Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO. 14 OF 2011) - SECT 5

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    (1)     If a person is served with a notice of licence suspension under section 18, the person may elect, as an alternative to undergoing the period of licence suspension applying under the notice, to be of good behaviour for a 12-month period.

    (2)     The election must be made by notice given to the road transport authority in the period that—

        (a)     begins on the day the notice of licence suspension was served on the person; and

        (b)     ends the day before the person's licence suspension ends.

Note     For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.

    (2A)     The 12-month period of good behaviour under this section begins—

        (a)     for a person who makes an election on or before the day on which the suspension of their licence is to begin—the day the person's licence suspension would have begun; or

        (b)     for a person who makes an election after the day on which the suspension of their licence is to begin—the day the authority receives notice of the election.