Demerit Point Suspension. Special Hardship Orders allow Queenslanders who have lost their driver’s licence due to the accumulation of too many Demerit Points to continue to drive for work and medical purposes only during their licence suspension. When a person has accumulated too many Demerit Points, Queensland Transport will ask them to elect either a 3 month driver’s licence suspension, or what is known as a 12 month Good Driving Behaviour Period. A 12 month Good Driving Behaviour Period is essentially a bonus 2 Demerit Points which are issued with the expectation that the motorists make them last the 12 months. If the Queenslander makes it through those 12 months without losing those 2 bonus points, that will be the end of it. However, if they do breach the 12 month Good Driving Behaviour Period by accumulation 2 more Demerit Points, they will then be issued with a 6-12 month driver’s licence suspension.

The only remaining course of action left is the application for a Special Hardship Order.

If granted, the Special Hardship Order will allow the Queenslander to continue driving for work or medical purposes only during their driver’s licence suspension period.

Be aware, the successful application for a Special Hardship Order is quite arduous and substantial evidence of not only severe financial hardship but also proof that you are a fit and proper person to remain on the road must be tendered by way of detailed and properly drafted Affidavit materials.

Many persons assume that if some element of financial hardship can be shown that the Special Hardship Order will simply be handed to them. Not the case.

We have seen many any applicant, both self-represented and with lawyers who do not truly specialise in Special hardship Order applications, leave the court room empty handed, as a result having not taken the evidentiary burden of both the ‘severe financial hardship’ and ‘fit and proper person’ requirements as seriously as they should have.

There is no right of appeal after a refused Special Hardship Order application.

You get one shot. Don’t blow it.

The Special Hardship Orders team of lawyers have specialised in Special Hardship Order applications for over a decade. We will get you back on the road with a successful Special Hardship Order application.

Get a specialised Special Hardship Order lawyer today. Call the Special Hardship Orders team of specialised lawyers on 1800090210.