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NEED A SPECIAL HARDSHIP ORDER, A RESTRICTED LICENCE OR A REPLACEMENT LICENCE ?
If you intend applying for either a Special Hardship Order, a Restricted licence or a Replacement licence it is necessary to get the application right first time.
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At Campion Legal we have tremendous success with these types of applications because we know what the Court needs to know, what is necessary to include in the application and we support the application with well supported oral submissions when we go to Court.
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Get it done right the first time, get it done by Campion Legal.
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What is Special Hardship Order (SHO)?
A SHO may be granted by the Court if a licence suspension would cause either:
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extreme hardship to you or your family by depriving you of your means of earning a living
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severe and unusual hardship to you or your family, other than by depriving you of your means of earning a living.
Eligibility
You may be eligible to apply for a SHO if your Qld provisional or open driver licence has been suspended because:
• you accumulated two or more demerit points while you were subject to a good driving behaviour period
• you have been convicted of driving more than 40 km/h over the speed limit.
A SHO has very strict conditions that the Court will impose, such as:
• the purpose for which you may drive
• the class of vehicle you may drive
• the days and times you may drive
• that you may only drive if carrying a copy of your SHO
You are not eligible to apply for a SHO if, within the five years before your driver licence was suspended:
• your Qld driver licence has been cancelled or suspended, including if you have been granted a SHO
• you have been disqualified from holding or obtaining a Qld driver licence
• your authority to drive in Qld on a non-Qld driver licence has been suspended
• you were made ineligible to apply for a Qld driver licence because you accumulated excessive demerit points, or were convicted of driving more than 40km/h over the speed limit, at a time when you were unlicensed
• you have been convicted of operating a vehicle dangerously
If you are a learner driver you are not eligible for a SHO.
