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Driving or making licence application after licence refusal or cancellation (other than for non-payment of fine)
Offence title:
Driving or making licence application after licence refusal or cancellation (other than for non-payment of fine)
Act:
s.54(4) Road Transport Act (NSW)
Offence:
(4) A person whose application for a driver licence is refused or whose driver licence is cancelled (otherwise than under section 66 of the Fines Act 1996) must not
drive on a road a motor vehicle of the class to which the cancelled licence or the refused application related without having subsequently obtained a driver licence for a motor vehicle of that class, or
make an application for a driving licence whilst refused or cancelled, if the application contains,
a false or incorrectly stated name, or
omits the cancellation or refusal.
Penalty:
30 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, for a first offence
50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both, for a second or subsequent offence
Summary/Indictable/mixed:
Summary
Jurisdiction:
Local Court
How committed:
Driving a motor vehicle whilst your licence has been refused to be issued
Important note:
A person is refused if the Roads and Maritime Service has refused to issue them with a driver licence, usually because of driving offences they have committed whilst not permitted to drive.