Habitual Traffic Offender Declaration

Yes, you can.

A Local Court magistrate can quash the HTOD.

If the Court makes an order removing disqualifications from your record and you are otherwise entitled to hold a licence (you don’t have any outstanding fines, etc) then the RMS should issue you with a licence.

You will have a good chance of having your HTOD removed if we can show that:

• you have learnt your lesson
• you have not committed any traffic offences or driven for a considerable time
• your life if now different from when you committed the offences (e.g. you are more mature, have a family now, are studying, have begun a career etc)
• having your licence would help you continue in a positive way (e.g. by helping you get employment)

Now! The only things to work out are:

• Which kind of application to make: either an application to quash the HTOD or a slightly different application to remove licence disqualification periods, and
• Which court you should be going to.

Contact us to discuss your record and how best to get you back in the driver’s seat.

The only way to have HTODs removed is by a Court. The magistrate can quash an Habitual Traffic Offender Declaration if they decide that making you serve the remaining disqualification is “disproportionate and unjust”, or if you successfully make an application to remove the licence disqualification.

No, you will not get a new HTOD.

In 2017 Parliament decided that HTODs were not an effective way of preventing driving offences, so it repealed the legislation. Since that time, no new HTODs can be made.