Maximum Penalty - Unlicenced Driving-Unlicenced Or Expired

Maximum penalty- 40 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.

For offenders have not had a prior related offence in the past 5 years, the police have the discretion to issue you with an infringement notice only.  The maximum penalty of 40 penalty units applies.  

In the event you are charged with the offence, you will be imposed with a licence disqualified as follows:

(1) If you have a prior unlicensed driving offence in the past 5 years: minimum disqualification of 1 month and maximum disqualification 6 months (section 78(3)(h) Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act;

(2) If you have accumulated 4 or more demerit points in a single 12 month period, during which you were unlicensed: 3 month disqualification (section 28 Transport Operations (Road Use Management - Drivers Licensing) Regulation;

(3) If you are pulled over or fined via mail for committing the offence of speeding for than 40km/hr over the speed limit and found to have been unlicensed at the time of that offence: 6 month disqualification (section 30C Transport Operations (Road Use Management - Drivers Licensing) Regulation;

(4) If you are charged with unlicensed driving, where you were unlicensed by virtue of a suspension that was imposed as a result of an accumulation of demerit points: 6 month disqualification section 78(3)(c) Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act;

(5) If you are charged with unlicensed driving, where you were unlicensed by virtue of a suspension that was imposed as a result of a prior high speed offence (driving 40km/hr plus over the limit): 6 month disqualification section 78(3)(e) Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act;

(6) If you are charged with unlicensed driving, where you were unlicensed by virtue of a suspension that was imposed by SPER (the State Penalties Enforcement Register): minimum 1 month and maximum 6 month disqualification section 78(3)(g) Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act.

Penalty unit = $100.00