(9)Suspension of driver licence on failure to appear#

If a person charged with an offence against any provision of subsection (1), (1F), (2), (2AA), (2A), (2B), (2D), (2J), (2K) or (2L) in relation to a motor vehicle does not appear personally before a Magistrates Court at any time and place when and where the person is required to appear, the court must then and there order that any and every Queensland driver licence held by the person be from that time suspended until—

  1. (a)the court revokes the order in the interests of justice; or
  2. (b)the time when the charge is heard and decided or otherwise disposed of.

Subsection (9) applies subject to the following—

  1. (a)subsection (10);
  2. (b)the Bail Act 1980, section 20(3AA) to the extent the section provides that the person need not appear personally if the person is represented by the person's lawyer.
Source: TORUM Act 1995 · page 171 Open PDF at this page Search this document