ALERT: The Road Transport Amendment (Driver Licence Disqualification) Act 2017 commenced on 28 October 2017. It reduces some penalties for various driver licencing offence (notably it removes the automatic disqualification for driving unlicensed), it repeals the Habitual Traffic Offender declaration provisions entirely, it removes/amends mandatory minimum disqualifications and it creates an application to the Local Court to remove licence disqualifications after certain offence-free periods.
It is suggested that the last of these will likely create new/increased work for lawyers in the Local Court.