# Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A person has a conviction of a “serious offence” if—
(a) he has been convicted of any offence under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and
(b) on such conviction there was imposed on him for that offence a punishment falling within sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The punishments are—
(a) a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding three months;
(b) a fine exceeding level 4 on the standard scale;
(c) a community order requiring him to perform work for more than 60 hours or a community payback order requiring him to undertake unpaid work, or unpaid work and other activity, for more than 60 hours; and
(d) in the case of an offence committed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, any punishment corresponding to those mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).
(3) In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a) the reference to a sentence of imprisonment includes a reference to any form of custodial sentence or order, other than one imposed under the enactments relating to mental health; ...
(b) “community order” means a community order under section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 or Chapter 2 of Part 9 of the Sentencing Code, a community punishment order made under section 46 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or a community service order under the Community Service by Offenders (Scotland) Act 1978 ; and
(c) “community payback order” means a community payback order under section 227A or 227M of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 imposing an unpaid work or other activity requirement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/23/schedule/3/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-act-1995/schedule-3/paragraph-3
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