What is the difference between a Court imposed disqualification and a police or RMS suspension?
The suspension of a licence is where the RMS withdraws your licence for a period of time and after the withdrawal period the licence becomes valid again (if it is still current).
A disqualification on the other hand is where a court cancels your licence or if you don’t already have a licence the court cancels your right to apply for a licence. Once your period of disqualification is over you will need to reapply for your licence again.
The basic principle to remember here is that the RMS suspends your licence and the court is responsible for your licence being disqualified.
It is also worth noting if you are disqualified from driving by the court, your demerit points are not reduced from your driving record when the disqualification ends.
At the end of a licence suspension however, the demerit points are cleared (i.e. cleared in the sense they can’t be counted towards further suspensions, however the points remain on your driving record for future reference to your driving history).