{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-driving-disqualification-orders-regulations-2023/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-driving-disqualification-orders-regulations-2023/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/209",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Driving Disqualification Orders) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-driving-disqualification-orders-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Effect of driving disqualification order",
  "text": "(1) Where a driving disqualification order is made in respect of an offender who is the holder of a driving licence, the driving licence must be treated as being revoked with effect from the beginning of the disqualification period.\n(2) Where the disqualification is for a fixed period shorter than 56 days (disregarding any extension period), paragraph (1) does not prevent the driving licence from again having effect at the end of the disqualification period (including any extension period).\n(3) Where the offender appeals against the order and the disqualification is suspended under regulation 6 or 7, the disqualification period must be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) as beginning on the day on which the disqualification ceases to be suspended.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A “driving disqualification order” is an order of the type defined by section 177G of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52); section 177G was inserted by section 15(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/209/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:49:01.475058+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}