Work Licence in Christchurch
Getting a work licence in Christchurch can be the difference between keeping your job or losing it. If you get caught drink driving, get too many demerit points, will get your drivers licence disqualified or suspended under the Land Transport Act 1998.
If you’re going to lose your job because you can’t drive then you might be able to get a work licence (also known as a limited licence) to let you drive for work.
Here’s some examples of a successful work licence in Christchurch.
Self-employed electrician
Toby is a self-employed electrician of 15 years. He has his own van and has lots of customers all over Canterbury. He built up 105 demerit points for minor speeding and using his mobile phone while driving. One day the Police pulled him over and suspended his licence for 3 months.
Toby contacted Ashton Legal about a work licence. His paperwork was finished in 2 days then we filed it in the District Court. The good thing is that Police did not opposte the work licence. Fortunately, within 9 days of being suspended over he was back driving his work van again within minimal interruption to his customers.
His work licence let him drive within working hours in Canterbury between the Rakaia River and Amberley. The driving area was clearly identified in the paperwork to make it easy for a Police officer to figure it out.
Apprentice builder
Reggie is a 19 year old apprentice builder who made a big mistake by having a beer before sober driving his friends for the night. He was stopped at a checkpoint and ended up being disqualified for 6 months for driving with breath alcohol over zero.
He lives in New Brighton and works is in Rolleston. To get to work every day he needs to leave his house at 5am. There’s no buses from New Brighton to Rolleston at 5am and it’s not realistic to bike that far twice a day.
The boss usually drives Reggie to the job site each day. Reggie’s boss says if he can’t get a work licence then he’ll have to fire Reggie.
Reggie’s work licence lets him drive along a set route to and from work each day from Monday to Saturday. He doesn’t need to drive anywhere else for work, so this lets him get to and from his employer’s yard.
Contact Ashton Legal to ask about getting a work licence in Christchurch.
These examples are based on real cases but use fictitious names, occupations and details.