NSW:Teens face tough penalties for fake identification - report

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2008
NSW:Teens face tough penalties for fake identification - report

Teenagers caught with fake identification will be punished with an extra six months
added to the term of their p-plate licences.

Under the program .. to be introduced early next year .. police will pass the details
of teenagers caught with fake ID to the Roads and Traffic Authority and six months will
automatically be added.

The extra six months would take the minimum time spent on a provisional licence to
three-and-a-half years.

Gaming and Racing Minister KEVIN GREENE has told News Limited the penalty will also
be retrospective for those caught with false ID's who've yet to gain their p-plate licence.

Mr GREENE says having to stay on your p-plates well after your mates are on their full
licence might just get the message through to young people.

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