Licence demerit points
If you commit a demerit points offence anywhere in Australia, the demerit points allocated for the offence may be recorded on your traffic history. Follow the link for more information about when double demerit points apply in Queensland.
Your traffic history is a record of all of your road rules related offences, as well as any drink-driving, drug-driving, dangerous driving or vehicle registration offences which you have committed in Australia.
The demerit points set for the offence are taken to have been allocated on the day that you committed the offence, as soon as you have either:
- paid the fine set for the offence
- been dealt with by a court for the offence.
The
demerit points schedule (PDF, 272 KB) describes selected demerit points offences, the value of the fine, and the number of demerit points that have been set for each offence.
The release of information webpage provides information about how to obtain details of your licence history and driver’s traffic history.
To update your knowledge of Queensland Road Rules, visit our road rules page.
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