Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009 - SECT 79

Other grounds for variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence or learner permit

79. Other grounds for variation, suspension or cancellation of driver licence
or learner permit



(1) The Corporation may vary, suspend or cancel a person's driver licence or
suspend or cancel a person's learner permit if-

   (a)  a court order requires the person to pay a sum of money by way of
        fine, penalty, costs or restitution or any 2 or more of those things
        and-

   (i)  the order was made in relation to an offence arising out of the use of
        a motor vehicle in Victoria, including a parking infringement or
        traffic infringement; and

   (ii) a person authorised by law to issue or execute a warrant for the
        enforcement of the court order notifies the Corporation that the order
        is wholly or partially unsatisfied; or

   (b)  the person no longer meets the requirements under Part 2 for the
        particular category of driver licence or learner permit; or

   (c)  the licence or permit was granted, varied or renewed in error; or





   (d)  payment of a fee to the Corporation under these Regulations has been
        rejected; or

Example A person pays a fee by cheque and that cheque is dishonoured.

   (e)  the person has been convicted or found guilty in another jurisdiction
        or country of an offence that, if the person had been licensed in that
        jurisdiction or country, would have enabled the driver licensing
        authority of that jurisdiction or country to vary, suspend or cancel
        the person's licence or permit; or

   (f)  the person has failed to comply with a condition of the licence or
        permit; or

   (g)  the person has surrendered the licence or permit to the Corporation or
        the driver licensing authority in another jurisdiction for
        cancellation; or

   (h)  the person has failed to comply with a notice given under regulation
        69.

(2) The Corporation must suspend or cancel a person's driver licence or
learner permit if the Corporation has received notice from another
jurisdiction that-

   (a)  the person is disqualified from driving in another jurisdiction; or

   (b)  the person's driver licence or learner permit in another jurisdiction
        was cancelled because of a judgment, order or decision made under, or
        otherwise by operation of, the law of that jurisdiction.