Reading the order and getting the licence back
Reading the written order line by line, and what it takes to get the licence back at the end of the period.
19.1The written order
The registry issues the order on the day. The practitioner reads it against the sentence pronounced and raises any discrepancy immediately; errors in disqualification dates are not unknown and are easier to correct on the day.
19.2Reissue
At the expiry of a court-imposed disqualification the offender's licence is not automatically reinstated in all cases; the offender may need to attend Service NSW and, depending on the length of the disqualification and the licence class, may face a further test or a probationary period [review: the current rules, including any requirement to hold a provisional-type licence after longer disqualifications]. The practitioner gives the client the end date and the reissue steps in writing.
19.3The conditional release order
Where the outcome was a CRO without conviction, the client is told that the order has conditions, that a breach returns the matter to court, and that on breach the court may resentence with a conviction and the disqualification that follows it. A traffic infringement during the period is not itself a breach unless it is an offence under a condition, but a further s 111 matter certainly is.
What a practitioner records at this stage
The order checked; the end date; the reissue steps; the CRO conditions and expiry.