4. Amendment of section 42B

In the RT Act, in section 42B —

in subsection (1), replace “or an order of a court” with “(called in this section the relevant conviction) or an order of a court (called in this section the relevant order)”;

in subsection (1), replace “the date of commencement of section 3 of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025” with “1 January 2026”;

in subsection (2), replace the definition of “disqualification period” with —“ “disqualification period” means the period for which a person is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence because of the relevant conviction or the relevant order, starting on the later of the following dates:

the date of the relevant conviction or the relevant order;

the date the person is released from prison and is no longer serving any sentence of imprisonment, if the person was sentenced to imprisonment (whether in relation to the relevant conviction or any other conviction) before or at the same hearing where the person was sentenced for the relevant conviction or at which the relevant order was made;”; and

in subsection (2), in the definition of “period of imprisonment”, replace “of the person’s release from prison” with “the person is released from prison and is no longer serving any sentence of imprisonment”.