Paying points | Appealing points | How DPPs are calculated and recorded | How to reduce your DPP premium
A bill for any driver penalty point (DPP) premium you owe will be sent to you once a year, approximately 4 weeks before your birthday.
The bill applies to driving offences committed during the 12-month period that ends 5 months before your birthday. This period is the assessment period.The bill may also include driving offences committed during an earlier period that have now been recorded on your driving record.
Points are used only once to calculate your premiums. For example: if your birthday is June 15 and in the year 2000 you owe a DPP premium, the amount of your premium will be based on the points you accumulated between January 15, 1999 and January 15, 2000 (which is the 12-month period that ends 5 months before your birthday on June 15, 2000.)
The date that penalty points are added to your driving record will be later than the date of the violation, due to the time required for recording and processing.
Here's an example of how driver penalty points (DPPs) and DPP premiums are assessed:
See the Listing of fines and points in the Tickets section for a table of DPP premium amounts associated with specific point totals.
