Road Transport Act 1987 · Updated to 15 Oct 2023 · Part II · Classification, Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles and Drivers
36. Power to suspend driving licence of drug dependant
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other written law, the Director General may suspend the driving licence of a person for a period of not less than two years if he has reason to believe that such person is a drug dependant.
Where the Director General has reason to believe that a person whose licence has at any time been suspended under subsection (1)
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General for Road Transport appointed under section 3; *NOTE—The Companies Act 1965 has since been repealed by the Companies Act 2016 which comes into operation on 31 January 2017—see subsection 620(1)…
continues or has not ceased to be a drug dependant at any time after the period of suspension, the Director General shall disqualify such person from holding or obtaining a driving licence.
driving licence
“driving licence” means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted or deemed to be granted under Part II and includes a learner’s driving licence and a probationary driving licence granted under section 29;
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For the purposes of this section, a police officer, road transport officer or Rehabilitation Officer shall, upon the arrest or voluntary surrender of any person suspected to be a drug dependant, detain any driving licence belonging to such person until such person is certified as a drug dependant.
police officer
“police officer” includes an extra police officer, a volunteer reserve police officer or an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Act 1967;
Upon a government medical practitioner certifying that such person is a drug dependant, the police officer, road transport officer or
Rehabilitation Officer shall, within a period of two weeks, so notify and deliver the driving licence to the Director General who shall inform the drug dependant in writing of the intention to suspend or disqualify.
Subsection (3) and the provisions of subsection (4) in relation to the delivery of a driving licence detained under subsection (3) shall not apply to a driving licence incorporated in a multipurpose electronic card or device.
The suspension or disqualification shall take effect on the date such person is certified as a drug dependant.
If a person satisfies the Director General that he is no longer a drug dependant, the Director General shall remove the suspension or disqualification, as the case may be, and return to such person any driving licence detained under this section.
In this section, “drug dependant” and “Rehabilitation Officer”
shall have the same meaning as in the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 [Act 283].