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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-courts-act-2015/schedule-7/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/2",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-courts-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 74(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) For the definition of “central authority” substitute—\n““central authority” means an authority designated by the Republic of Ireland as a central authority for the purposes of the specified agreement on driving disqualifications;”.\n(3) For the definition of “competent authority” substitute—\n““competent authority” means an authority which is a competent authority in relation to the Republic of Ireland for the purposes of the specified agreement on driving disqualifications;”.\n(4) Omit the definition of “the convention on driving disqualifications”.\n(5) In the definition of “disqualified”, after “and” insert “ , except in section 71A, ”.\n(6) Omit the definition of “foreign disqualification”.\n(7) At the end insert—\n““Republic of Ireland disqualification” means the disqualification mentioned in section 56;\n“Republic of Ireland licence” means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under the law of the Republic of Ireland, including a learner permit.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 16 in force in accordance with art. 3(1)(3) of the commencing S.I. by S.I. 2017/189, art. 3(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/schedule/7/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:15.088837+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."
}